Reporters of the Journalist & Public Opinion Newspaper had a conversation with journalist Le Ngoc Long - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, Chairman of the People's Army Newspaper Journalists Association about this reporting activity.
First time mobilizing 5 teams of reporters to work
+ In the atmosphere of the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory, the publications of the People's Army Newspaper are flooded with special articles and in-depth topics on related contents. Sir, what is the policy and orientation of the Newspaper's Editorial Board for this special information period?
- Correctly identifying the significance of the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory - a major historical event of the country, early on, in the fourth quarter of 2023, the Editorial Board of the People's Army Newspaper proactively developed a plan and assigned forces to carry out propaganda tasks to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.
The plan identifies many activities, such as: Organizing 3 special issues (Daily People's Army Newspaper, Weekend People's Army Newspaper, Events and Witnesses Monthly); opening the column "Dien Bien Phu Victory - Historical Milestone" on printed newspapers and Electronic People's Army Newspaper; coordinating with the Academy of Politics /Ministry of National Defense, the Institute of Party History/Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics to organize the scientific conference "Dien Bien Phu Victory - Historical value and contemporary stature"; organizing the "Return to Dien Bien Phu 2024, People's Army Newspaper Cup" bicycle race.
Reporters of the People's Army Newspaper and other reporters working at the Opening Ceremony celebrating the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory.
The propaganda content about the Dien Bien Phu Victory in the People's Army Newspaper is both systematic and ensures timeliness, encouraging and motivating the Dien Bien spirit of the fathers' generation in all walks of life to contribute to the cause of building and defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. In particular, the "Return to Dien Bien Phu 2024, People's Army Newspaper Cup" bicycle race is not only a sports activity, but also clearly shows gratitude to the heroic martyrs, people with meritorious services, and Dien Bien soldiers of the past through giving gifts, supporting funding to build schools, toilets, and gratitude houses, with a total value of nearly 15 billion VND.
+ Of course, for the People's Army Newspaper, organizing extensive propaganda about Dien Bien Phu is not the first time and has many advantages, but having a "headquarters" in Dien Bien Phu for many days has shown that this year's "involvement" has differences compared to previous years, sir?
- It is true that our People's Army Newspaper has many advantages in organizing propaganda to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dien Bien Phu Victory. First of all, in the historical flow of the People's Army Newspaper over the past 74 years, the Newspaper has a treasure trove of extremely valuable documents about the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, not only with 33 issues published right at the Dien Bien Phu Front, but also touching stories about journalism activities at the Dien Bien Phu Front through the memories of journalists Nguyen Khac Tiep and Pham Phu Bang (2/5 journalists who directly participated in the battle and directly organized 33 issues at the front).
This is something that not all press agencies have. This year, to promote the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, in addition to the number of reporters stationed in the Northwest, the Editorial Board of the People's Army Newspaper has organized 5 reporter teams including: a reporter team to follow the event; a reporter team to reflect the atmosphere of the whole country towards Dien Bien Phu; a reporter team to produce news articles on digital platforms; a columnist team and a reporter team to monitor international public opinion.
With the above organization of forces, it ensures that the People's Army Newspaper has the conditions to fully, vividly and comprehensively reflect the contents and events; at the same time, it can promote the advantage of being a multimedia press agency. This is the big difference in the organization of propaganda of the People's Army Newspaper compared to before when it was only assigned to one editorial department.
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+ I remember a “headquarters” 70 years ago, during the 56 days and nights of the Dien Bien Phu campaign, the People's Army Newspaper produced and published right at the front line... How has that proud tradition “lit the fire” for the journalists and soldiers of the People's Army Newspaper today, sir?
- The organization of the frontline editorial office at the Dien Bien Phu Front, together with the main editorial office in Khau Dieu village, Dinh Bien commune, Dinh Hoa district, Thai Nguyen province, was not only a unique feature in the organization of journalism of the People's Army Newspaper during the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, but also left many valuable lessons for generations of cadres and reporters of the People's Army Newspaper. That is the spirit of dedication in journalism; creativity and flexibility in organizing journalism; the value of information from staying close to the grassroots, writing and living with the grassroots; mobilizing the strength of forces participating in journalism...
Promoting that spirit, generations of cadres and reporters of the People's Army Newspaper today always strive to complete their tasks well and excellently; the content of news articles ensures the correct purpose and principles, promptly and fully reflects the Party and State's guidelines, policies and guidelines to the soldiers and people, and at the same time responds to the opinions, reflects the thoughts and aspirations of the people to the Party and State. The People's Army Newspaper truly becomes a bridge between the Party and the people.
With the spirit of Dien Bien and the spirit of journalism in Dien Bien 70 years ago, in organizing the current propaganda tasks, the People's Army Newspaper always consistently implements the policy: Proactive, creative, flexible, and sensitive for the interests of the nation and people; for the People.
+ Being directly present at Dien Bien Phu, directly directing the work, sir, how did the reporters and journalists of the People's Army Newspaper work with spirit and efficiency in the past days at the "hot spot" of the event?
- In addition to the resident reporter in Dien Bien, the reporter teams of the People's Army Newspaper have been present in Dien Bien since the second half of April 2024. Therefore, all events and activities are promptly and diversely disseminated. To facilitate the reporters' work, the People's Army Newspaper has proactively contacted the Organizing Committee of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Phu Victory at all levels, especially Dien Bien province, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Information and Communications... in organizing the implementation of the task.
In particular, the Editorial Board of the People's Army Newspaper launched a sudden emulation campaign with the theme "Promoting the Dien Bien Phu spirit, striving to successfully complete the propaganda task to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Phu Victory". 100% of the newspaper's staff, reporters, editors, and employees registered to participate, many of whom clearly demonstrated their efforts in carrying out their tasks. Therefore, no matter where or when the event took place, the People's Army Newspaper reporters were always present to report promptly, vividly, and comprehensively.
+ Thank you very much!
Ha Van (Implementation)
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