Bac Giang solemnly held the 100th Anniversary Ceremony of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Nguyen Van Gau, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Thi Huong, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Lam Thi Huong Thanh, Standing Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council; Mai Son, Standing Vice Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tong Ngoc Bac, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Vu Manh Thang, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee; Pham Van Tao, Commander of the Provincial Military Command. Also attending were comrade Nguyen Van Dung, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee of the Ceremony; leaders of departments, branches, sectors of the province, districts, towns and cities; representatives of a number of central press agencies and generations of journalists of Bac Giang .

Delegates attending the Celebration.

At the ceremony, comrade Trinh Van Anh, Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association, Editor-in-Chief of Bac Giang Newspaper, presented a speech reviewing the glorious tradition of Vietnam's revolutionary journalism. On June 21, 1925, in Guangzhou (China), leader Nguyen Ai Quoc founded Thanh Nien newspaper and published its first issue, giving birth to Vietnam's revolutionary journalism.

During the resistance wars for national liberation, national reunification and defense of the Fatherland, revolutionary press continued to play a pioneering role on the ideological front, promptly encouraging and promoting the patriotism and determination to defeat the invaders of our army and people. In the midst of the war, generations of journalists enthusiastically set out to fulfill their duties, holding both pens and guns.

Comrade Nguyen Van Gau presented flowers to congratulate Bac Giang journalists at the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

Entering the period of renovation, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has truly integrated itself into real life, clearly demonstrating its role in leading ideology, orienting public opinion, spreading belief and development aspirations to all classes of people, together making efforts to contribute to the successful implementation of the renovation initiated and led by our Party. The press is an important bridge in foreign information work, contributing to enhancing the prestige, role and position of Vietnam in the international arena.

In line with the flow of the country's press, very early on, progressive intellectuals and scholars in Bac Giang advocated the establishment of a newspaper as a means of disseminating knowledge, reflecting social life, and awakening patriotism among the people. In January 1941, the Provincial Party Committee launched the Phuc Quoc newspaper. In early 1947, the Provincial Information and Propaganda Department was established, publishing a weekly newspaper to propagate production and combat tasks. In early 1949, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department published the "Internal News" newspaper. In mid-1950, the "Internal News" newspaper merged with the "Bac Giang News" newspaper. On November 30, 1961, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee issued a Resolution to convert the "Bac Giang News" newspaper into the Song Thuong Newspaper, the predecessor of today's Bac Giang Newspaper.

Comrade Trinh Van Anh presented the opening speech at the Ceremony.

After the country was unified, Bac Giang press entered a new stage of development. On September 21, 1977, the People's Committee of Ha Bac province issued a decision to establish Ha Bac Radio Station on the basis of the radio and broadcasting system under the Information Department and operated from October 1, 1977. In addition to print newspapers, radio and television, during this period, there was also the Literature and Arts Newspaper born along with the development of the Provincial Literature and Arts Association.

To gather a team of journalists and propagandists, in 1972, the Ha Bac Provincial Journalists Association held its first congress. Since its inception with more than 10 members, the Association now has 200 members. The Association regularly performs well the role of gathering, uniting, and motivating members to work enthusiastically and creatively, practice in accordance with the law and professional ethics, contributing to the good performance of the tasks of press agencies.

In each period, although with different names associated with the merger and separation of the province, the press agencies and the Provincial Journalists Association have continuously grown and matured. Especially in recent years, the province's press agencies have promoted the application of information technology, digital transformation, and comprehensive innovation in all aspects.

Comrade Trinh Van Anh emphasized that reviewing the golden pages of history to see that 100 years is a glorious journey and also a turning point when the press of the whole country in general, and Bac Giang in particular, is having many advantages but is also facing unprecedented challenges. To firmly step forward with the locality and the whole country into the new era, the team of journalists needs to identify the opportunities and challenges to overcome. (Bac Giang Electronic Newspaper publishes the full text of the commemorative speech).

Comrade Nguyen Van Gau spoke at the ceremony.

Speaking at the Ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Van Gau acknowledged, praised and congratulated the achievements that generations of leaders, reporters, editors and technicians of the provincial press agencies have achieved throughout the formation and development of Vietnam's revolutionary press. At the same time, he congratulated the collectives, individuals, authors and groups of authors who were honored, rewarded and honored at the Ceremony.

He emphasized that during the difficult and complicated times when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out and Bac Giang became the epicenter of the whole country, when super typhoon No. 3 ( Yagi ) made landfall with heavy rains and floods causing flooding for many days in the province, many reporters from central and local press agencies did not fear danger, being present in the most difficult and complicated places of natural disasters and epidemics; promptly working to create hundreds of articles and truthful reports to encourage and motivate the strength of great national unity; spreading the image of selfless work of the frontline shock forces, causing strong emotions. The images of Bac Giang press reporters in particular, and press colleagues from all over the country in general, being present in the most difficult times, left good feelings in the hearts of the Party Committee, government and people of Bac Giang.

The Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and Fatherland Front Committee presented a banner to the Provincial Journalists Association.

These results not only brought generations of journalists in the province noble awards and prizes, but more importantly, they built the image of the Bac Giang journalism team with extensive and rich knowledge, communication skills, and journalistic capacity; with passion, enthusiasm, sensitivity, courage, dedication, exploration, and discovery in journalism activities. Most importantly, the efforts of press agencies and the team of journalists have contributed to creating a strongly developing Bac Giang.

Authorized by the President of the Vietnam Journalists Association , comrades Nguyen Thi Huong and Trinh Van Anh presented the "For the cause of Vietnamese journalism" Medal to the provincial leaders.

He emphasized: The entire Party, people and army are comprehensively promoting the cause of innovation, integration and development of the country. The immediate task is to concentrate very highly to successfully complete the targets and tasks of the 2020-2025 term; successfully organize party congresses at all levels for the 2025-2030 term, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party; implement the revolution of streamlining the organizational apparatus, rearranging administrative units at the provincial and communal levels. These are major tasks of great significance for the whole country and the whole province, requiring the solidarity and determination of the entire political system, including press agencies and journalists. (Bac Giang Electronic Newspaper publishes the full text of the speech of the Provincial Party Secretary).

Comrades: Nguyen Van Gau and Lam Thi Huong Thanh presented the A prize of Than Nhan Trung Journalism Award to the authors.

On this occasion, the Vietnam Journalists Association awarded the "For the cause of Vietnamese journalism" Medal to comrades: Nguyen Van Gau, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Viet Oanh, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vu Manh Thang, member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee. In addition, the Vietnam Journalists Association awarded the "For the cause of Vietnamese journalism" Medal to 7 individuals who are members of the Provincial Journalists Association. The Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee presented a banner to the Provincial Journalists Association. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in journalism activities, information and propaganda, Association work and activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

At the Ceremony, the Provincial Journalists Association organized the Than Nhan Trung Press Award. This is the province's traditional press award held annually.

This year, the Standing Committee of the Award Council received more than 100 press works from reporters, journalists, and collaborators from press agencies, Cultural, Information, and Sports Centers of districts, towns, and cities in the province. The participating works closely followed the leadership and direction of the Party Committees and authorities at all levels in the province, vividly and richly reflecting the realities in all fields of politics, economics, culture, society, and national security and defense of the province. As a result, 36 outstanding works in various press categories were selected for awards. Of which, the group of authors Kim Hieu - Do Quyen (Bac Giang Newspaper) with the work "Good land of labor from all directions" (reflective genre, print newspaper type) and the group of authors Thu Thuy - Quang Vinh - Trong Quan (Provincial Radio and Television Station) with the work "Houses from the people's strength" (reportage genre, visual newspaper type) won the A prize.

Within the framework of the Ceremony, delegates and generations of journalists visited the exhibition area of documentary photos and activities of Bac Giang press serving the political tasks and socio-economic development of the province.

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