Attending the workshop were Mr. Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department - Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper - Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Luu Dinh Phuc, Director of the Press Department, Ministry of Information and Communications and leaders of Party press agencies, Radio - Television stations of the midland and mountainous provinces in the North and neighboring areas.

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Conference scene.

The workshop “Digital transformation of journalism - opportunities and solutions” is a bridge and forum for exchange and learning of Party press agencies in the Northern midland and mountainous provinces and neighboring areas. Thereby contributing to the successful implementation of the Strategy “Digital transformation of journalism to 2025 and orientation to 2030” approved by the Prime Minister on April 6, 2023 with the goal of “building press agencies in a professional, humane and modern direction; fulfilling the mission of information and propaganda to serve the revolutionary cause of the Party and the cause of national innovation; ensuring the role of leading and orienting public opinion, maintaining information sovereignty in cyberspace; effectively innovating the experience of readers; creating new sources of revenue; promoting the development of the digital content industry”.
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Delegates spent a lot of time sharing about opportunities and challenges in implementing digital transformation of journalism.

At the workshop, speakers and representatives of a number of Party newspapers and provincial Radio and Television stations exchanged and shared experiences from international and Vietnamese sources; the practices of Party newspapers and local Radio and Television stations in the process of digital transformation of the press to increase the presence of press agencies, attract and quickly reach a diverse audience.

Delegates unanimously assessed digital transformation as a turning point, creating opportunities for comprehensive changes in the quality of newspapers and public reception, but at the same time also bringing many challenges and difficulties to the press, forcing solutions to handle and adapt from a management perspective.

Many press agencies, especially magazines and local newspapers, are slow to convert to digital for many different reasons, the most difficult of which are technical infrastructure, finance and human resources.

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Mr. Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, spoke at the conference.

Speaking at the workshop, Mr. Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association emphasized: 4-5 years ago, we were just talking about digital transformation, about artificial intelligence but few press agencies were interested, now everything has become popular. Any newspaper that is not prepared in terms of people, infrastructure, and mechanisms has fallen behind, while many newspapers have made breakthroughs.
Evidence of the application of AI technology in the production of press works from major newspapers around the world will be a great help to journalists. However, the application of AI in any stage of the press production process must be considered and controlled to avoid risks.

He emphasized that the application of AI should also be applied to print journalism so that this traditional product can continue to be cherished. Press agencies need to have a mindset for press products, constantly create unique products, promote the image of press products; create interaction and experience for readers and spread the brand of the press agency...

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At the conference, the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center awarded the rotating flag to Lao Cai Newspaper - the host of the 24th Conference of Party Newspapers of the Northern Midlands and Mountains in 2025.

According to Dinh Viet Vinh - Manh Dung (Lao Cai Newspaper)