Hue press in the flow of Vietnamese revolutionary press

HNN.VN - This is the theme of the exhibition held on the morning of June 17 at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hue City to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day. The event was organized by the Journalists Association in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh Museum in the city. Members of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee: Hoang Khanh Hung - Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the City Party Committee; Nguyen Thanh Tuan - Director of the City Police Department along with relevant departments, branches, and journalists in the area attended.

Delegates listened to an introduction about the formation and development of Hue press in the flow of Vietnamese revolutionary press.

Although it was born later than Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Hue's press immediately made a big splash after its appearance, especially patriotic and revolutionary newspapers such as Tieng Dan of Huynh Thuc Khang (the first Vietnamese newspaper in Central Vietnam, with the first issue published on August 10, 1927 and the last issue published on April 24, 1943, with a total of 1,766 issues); Con Duong Dau Tranh of the Provincial Party Committee in 1930 (the first newspaper directly organized and directed by the Provincial Party Committee and also the predecessor of today's City Party Committee newspaper).

The exhibition “Hue Press in the Flow of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press” introduces to the public over 200 artifacts, documents, and images related to the history of the birth of patriotic press, revolutionary press in Hue from 1926 to 1945, the early years after the August Revolution, during the resistance war against France and America.

The exhibition displays 3 parts, including: Part I: "Journalist Ho Chi Minh - Founder and trainer of Vietnamese revolutionary journalism"; Part II: "Hue journalism in the flow of Vietnamese revolutionary journalism"   (include:   Patriotic press in Hue before 1930, City Party Press, period 1930 - 1945, City Party Press during the resistance war against France 1945 - 1954 and City Party Press during the resistance war against America to save the country 1954 - 1975) and Part III: "Hue Press after 1975".

According to the assessment, the display of high-quality, aesthetically pleasing images and documents in each group of "Revolutionary Press", "Patriotic Press" and "Revolutionary Press" before 1975 has helped the public identify press publications, historical revolutionary events, Vietnamese grammar and structure of each period...

In addition to the above contents, the exhibition also has a space to display artifacts and products through each development stage of two press agencies: Hue Today Newspaper and Hue Radio & Television Station.

“The exhibition aims to introduce and honor President Ho Chi Minh - the pioneer of the Vietnamese revolutionary press; affirm the contributions of the patriotic and revolutionary press in Hue; contribute to helping the younger generation better understand the development process and the role of the Vietnamese revolutionary press in general, and the patriotic and revolutionary press in Hue in particular, in the national liberation and unification movement, especially the power of the media and press in the current cause of national construction and defense”, said Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Nam - President of the Journalists Association, Director of Hue Radio and Television Station.

News and photos: HAN DANG

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