Opening Ceremony of the 2024 National Press Forum

Attending the opening session of the Press Forum were: Nguyen Trong Nghia - Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Tran Luu Quang - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Deputy Prime Minister; Nguyen Manh Hung - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Minister of Information and Communications, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department , Vice Chairman of the National Committee on Digital Transformation; Phan Van Mai - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City; Tran Thanh Lam - Deputy Secretary of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee.

Representing the Vietnam Journalists Association were: Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Nguyen Duc Loi - Former Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Standing Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; and Tran Trong Dung - Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

Also attending the opening session were delegates, representatives of press agencies and press management; representatives of leaders from agencies, departments, and businesses; and representatives of central, Ho Chi Minh City, and local news agencies.

Delegates attending the forum. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Vietnamese revolutionary journalism is approaching its 100th anniversary. Throughout nearly a century of development, Vietnamese revolutionary journalism has increasingly demonstrated its guiding principles, upholding its mission and responsibility, and improving its operational efficiency. It has progressively affirmed its professionalism, humanistic values, and modernity, making a significant contribution to the overall achievements of the country and the nation.

In the current era, journalism has continuously innovated, been creative, flexible, and effective, promoting the application and mastery of modern communication technologies with the emergence of many new programs and products, spreading widely across digital platforms, and having a positive impact on society.

Comrade Nguyen Manh Hung - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Minister of Information and Communications, and Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department - delivered a speech at the forum. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

However, facing increasingly fierce competition from new forms of information such as social media, the current situation is extremely difficult for the world's press, as well as the Vietnamese press. The development of technology, changes in public information consumption habits and behavior, and the rampant spread of fake and misleading information have led to a decline in public trust in the press, while advertising revenue continues to fall across all forms of media, including online. While the press provides useful information to society, its crucial role and power, built over centuries, are being threatened by constant changes, especially in the last decade.

Within the framework of the 2024 National Press Conference, the Vietnam Journalists Association is organizing the first National Press Forum. The forum will take place over two days with 12 sessions, including two plenary sessions (opening and closing) and 10 discussion sessions on engaging topics relevant to the top concerns of press agencies and press management bodies.

The Vietnam Journalists Association hopes this will be an annual forum to discuss issues related to journalistic life that are of interest to the press and media both domestically and internationally. The forum will also serve as a meeting point for leaders of press agencies, leaders of press management agencies, journalists, and media and technology experts to meet, exchange, and share experiences.

Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Le Quoc Minh, giving a presentation at the forum. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

At the opening of the Forum, the President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Le Quoc Minh, gave an overview presentation entitled: "Vietnamese Journalism: Challenges - Opportunities".

According to the Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, in the context of the general difficulties of the domestic and global economies, the encroachment and fierce competition from social media, and the changing information tastes of the public, the world press in general, and the Vietnamese press in particular, face countless difficulties and challenges, the most difficult of which is the economic aspect of journalism. In recent times, to maintain operations, many media organizations have had to drastically cut costs and personnel…

However, challenges always present opportunities. The important thing for Vietnamese media outlets today is to identify these opportunities so that each media organization, whether central or local, large or small, can find its own path forward.

Following the opening session, the program will continue with 10 in-depth discussion sessions on topics of interest to the press, such as: Enhancing Party principles and guidance in journalistic activities; Building a journalistic culture environment; Data journalism and superior content strategies; Investing in and effectively applying technology in newsrooms; The competitiveness of television in the AI ​​era; Investigative reporting - A journey of doing good; Effective cooperation models between the press, businesses, and advertising agencies;...

Delegates attending the opening of the forum. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Through discussions at the forum, media organizations proactively and boldly experiment to find their own path while contributing to the overall development of Vietnam's revolutionary press.

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