Opening of the National Press Festival 2025

On June 19, the opening ceremony of the 2025 National Press Festival with the theme "Loyal, creative, courageous, and innovative Vietnamese press for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland" took place at the National Convention Center (Hanoi).

Chairman of Vietnam Journalists Association , Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh, spoke.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Mr. Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan newspaper, said that over the past 100 years, the Vietnamese press has always held high the fighting flag, contributing to the Vietnamese revolutionary process and the cause of national liberation.

When the goal of independence and freedom has become a reality, the Vietnamese press still maintains its mission as a pioneer soldier on the ideological and cultural front; contributing to promoting economic development, cultural revival, and building Vietnam into a strong, prosperous, democratic, and civilized society.

The press conference is also an opportunity to honor the contributions and achievements of the press, thereby affirming the pioneering role and responsibility of journalists, so that they can be inspired with passion for the profession and firmly step on the chosen path, which is to serve the people and the country.

Delegates visit Nhan Dan newspaper's booth at the 2025 National Press Festival.

“The 2025 National Press Festival has many new features with modern exhibition and display activities, along with rich and attractive cultural and artistic programs. With 130 booths displaying unique and typical press publications of more than 124 central press agencies and all levels of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

This year, the 2025 National Press Festival has dedicated a central space to display the theme "100 years of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press: Achievements and trends in press development in the new era". The organizing committee has collected, selected, and digitized more than 500 images, artifacts, and valuable documents reflecting the 100-year journey of formation and development of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press...

The 2025 National Press Festival also brings to the public, journalists and members quality professional activities through: The 2nd National Press Forum with 10 discussion sessions and 2 opening and closing sessions, on hot topics of interest to the press such as: Vietnamese press in the new era: Vision for creating development space; Female leaders in journalism: Women's voices in news management; Conquering Gen Z readers: Decoding the formula for success; Artificial intelligence and digital transformation strategies of Vietnamese press offices; Data journalism in Vietnamese news offices; Television adapts to the new media environment; What mechanism for radio to develop in the current period?; Revenue sources in the digital age: Not just advertising, newspapers must sell more!; Personalizing content to keep readers loyal; Resolution 18 and the requirement for innovation in press personnel. The forums have the participation of speakers and experts who are prestigious domestic and international journalists," said Mr. Le Quoc Minh.

In addition, the 2025 National Press Festival also has sideline activities, namely the 4th Journalist & Public Opinion Newspaper Cup Football Tournament and experiential activities, entertainment, cultural and artistic performances at the exhibition booths. Within the framework of the Press Festival, the Organizing Committee will organize voting and awarding for impressive exhibition booths, impressive events, activities and impressive press products with a variety of press types.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission for Mass Mobilization gave a directive speech.

In his speech, Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, shared: “I warmly commend the Vietnam Journalists Association, all levels of the association, press agencies and units for organizing this year's Press Conference on an increasingly large scale, with increasingly high quality and a modern and attractive format. This is the result of close coordination and dedication, and at the same time a testament to the sense of responsibility, love for the profession and aspiration to contribute of the Vietnamese journalists.”

Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia also emphasized that the rapid development of technology is strongly changing all areas of life, posing opportunities and challenges for the revolutionary press of Vietnam. Our Party and State are vigorously implementing the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus of agencies, units, and localities, including the press system, with the goal of improving efficiency, effectiveness, and efficiency, meeting the requirements of the practical situation, that is: Streamlining - to be stronger. Merging - to be more elite. Innovation - to maintain the mission of serving the people and accompanying the country.

Delegates visit the Vietnam News Agency's booth at the 2025 Press Conference.

According to Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, in order for revolutionary press to fulfill its responsibilities to the Fatherland and the people, each press agency and each journalist must always consciously study and improve their professional knowledge; maintain and promote political mettle, be determined to innovate more strongly; increase the application of technology, especially digital transformation and artificial intelligence to change the process of production, distribution and access to press information. We must take innovation as the driving force and technology as a tool to elevate Vietnamese journalism.

Furthermore, it is necessary to boldly innovate from within - innovate the thinking of press leadership, innovate the editorial model, innovate the method of content production and distribution, and innovate the relationship between the press and the public. The press needs to deepen its role in social criticism, protect the Party's ideological foundation, promote solidarity, create consensus, strongly arouse patriotism, national pride, inspire and aspire to contribute, contributing to bringing the country firmly into a new era, an era of wealth, civilization, prosperity, and national development.

Delegates attending the opening ceremony.

The Vietnamese revolutionary press has gone through a glorious century. But glory is only truly valuable when it is followed by the aspiration to reach further. The opening ceremony today is to remember, to show gratitude and also for us to look forward together. I hope that each journalist and each press agency will together create the things to come: Innovation in thinking, innovation in expression and deeper social role. The public comes to the National Press Festival today to affirm their belief and entrust their expectations to the team of steadfast writers as well as revolutionary press products that will truly shine, "leading the way" in the era of national development.

General Secretary To Lam pointed out: “The new era also sets new, higher requirements and tasks for revolutionary journalism, requiring the press to develop accordingly, grow together with the nation, and be worthy of professional, humane, and modern journalism”. That advice is the strategic orientation, the order of action for us today - so that from this Press Association, the Vietnamese revolutionary press can firmly enter a new stage with a steadfast stance, a desire for innovation, and a noble mission: serving the Fatherland and the people. Each journalist will love their profession more, be steadfast and have more aspirations to continue on the new path with a spirit of dedication and higher responsibility, worthy of being a pioneering force on the ideological and cultural front in the new era”, Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia shared.

Video of the Opening Ceremony of the National Press Festival 2025.

The theme of the 2025 National Press Festival “Loyal, creative, courageous, innovative Vietnamese press for the cause of building and defending the Fatherland” is also a guideline for journalists to continue their noble mission in the period when the country is stepping into a new era.

"Loyalty" is the demonstration of the steadfastness of the Communist Party of Vietnam's revolutionary stance and ideals, and loyalty to the highest interests of the nation, people and nation. Journalists must always be exemplary in protecting the Party's ideological foundation and resolutely fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints.

In the current digital age, creativity is the key for journalism to survive and develop. Creativity is not only about innovation in content and form of expression, but also the ability to apply new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data to create high-quality, attractive, diverse journalism products that suit the tastes and information access of the modern public.

Strong political will is an indispensable quality of a revolutionary journalist. We need to be brave enough to reflect the truth, engage in hot, sensitive issues to fight against negativity, corruption, and waste. At the same time, we must have the courage to overcome pressure, material temptations, and maintain morality and social responsibility.

Innovation is a continuous and inevitable process. The press needs to innovate its thinking and working methods, from the traditional newsroom model to a converged, multi-platform newsroom. Innovation is to improve competitiveness. Innovation is also the continuous learning and improvement of professional and technical skills to meet the increasing demands of readers and the general development trend of the world.

Hong Phuong - Le Phu/ News and People Newspaper

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