100th Anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day

Also attending the ceremony were: Former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; Politburo members: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former Politburo member, former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung; Politburo member, Permanent member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu.

Also attending were Politburo members, former Politburo members, Party Central Committee Secretaries, Party Central Committee members, leaders of central departments, ministries, branches, and organizations; leaders of provincial and municipal Party Committees, press management agencies, press owners, and press agencies nationwide; veteran journalists, outstanding journalists - representing journalists nationwide; international delegations...

General Secretary To Lam gave a speech at the ceremony.

Reviewing the 100-year journey of formation and development of the Vietnamese revolutionary press, Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honoring the glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the Party's revolutionary cause, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people of the Vietnamese revolutionary press.

Speaking at the Commemoration Ceremony, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the 100-year history of Vietnam's revolutionary press is a vivid testament to the great role of the pen in the struggle for national independence and the building and protection of the socialist Fatherland.

In the context of a rapidly changing, complex, and multi-dimensional world, the revolutionary press has always maintained its role as a pioneering force in maintaining political stability, strengthening social consensus, firmly protecting national sovereignty, proactively fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, and protecting the Party's ideological foundation.

The General Secretary affirmed that the Vietnamese revolutionary press has been fulfilling its noble mission - creating trust, building consensus, spreading aspirations for development, contributing to realizing the goal of building a strong, prosperous and happy Vietnam in the new era.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Huong, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council, visited the Bac Giang press exhibition booth at the National Press Festival. Photo: Cong Nguyen.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, the General Secretary warmly commended and respectfully acknowledged the important contributions of the Vietnamese revolutionary press throughout the 100-year journey of construction and growth. The achievements of the Vietnamese revolutionary press under the leadership of the Party are the crystallization of ideals, tireless creative work, and the spirit of dedication to the Fatherland and the people of generations of Vietnamese journalists.

The General Secretary stated that the new era of the nation is opening up new development horizons, while also posing new revolutionary requirements with high determination and great aspirations to build a strong and prosperous country. In that context, the Vietnamese revolutionary press must further affirm its revolutionary mettle, its pioneering role on the ideological and cultural front, be an ideological pillar, a shock force in creating trust and consensus in society; contribute significantly to multiplying humanistic and progressive values, strongly spreading the spirit of innovation and creativity, inspiring learning, working and dedication. The press must constantly innovate itself to develop commensurate with the stature of the times, with the development of the country, truly becoming a professional, humane and modern press, serving the cause of the Party, State and People on the journey of building and developing the country.

To meet that requirement, the General Secretary suggested that press agencies and journalists need to be deeply aware of their particularly noble political and social responsibilities to the Party, the State and the People. Revolutionary press must be the voice of the Party, the State, and socio-political organizations, a trusted forum for the People, a bridge connecting the Party's will and the people's hearts; perform well the task of bringing the Party's and State's policies and guidelines to the people; create an environment for people to participate in press activities, reflect their legitimate thoughts and aspirations to the Party and the State, ensure the ideological, political and people's nature of the press; mobilize the people's strength to participate in building the Party and the political system to be increasingly clean and strong.

As soldiers on the ideological and cultural front, journalists must be exemplary in professional ethics, steadfast in ideology, political stance and courage, loyal to revolutionary ideals, truly professional, good at expertise and profession, bravely fight against negative manifestations, and have the strength to resist temptations; journalists must be prestigious social activists; people doing propaganda and mass mobilization work; actively participating in people's foreign affairs activities. In all circumstances, it is necessary to put political responsibility, social responsibility and professional ethics first and foremost; each journalistic work must perform well the function of providing accurate, objective, honest, humane and useful information. Journalists of the new era must constantly learn, hone their skills, and integrate modern technology.

The General Secretary emphasized that the revolutionary press is an inseparable part of the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. It must have a revolutionary offensive spirit, know how to bravely fight, eliminate the bad, the stagnant, the backward; actively promote and encourage the new, the progressive; be a pioneer, brave in the face of the country's big, new issues; not avoid or compromise with manifestations that hinder the revolutionary cause. It must truly become a leading flag, inspire creativity, encourage the spirit of innovation and the desire to contribute in cadres, party members and the whole society. In the current revolutionary period, the press needs to breathe new life, arouse determination, patriotism, and the spirit of contribution in the whole society, creating a great, lasting spiritual motivation for the cause of national development in the new era.

The General Secretary requested that, as an important component of cultural life, the press must clearly affirm its role in the construction of an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity; must actively participate in the cultural revival and development of modern Vietnamese people rich in identity. Each journalist and each press agency must be a symbol of behavioral culture, ethical standards and the spirit of serving society; contribute to preserving and promoting traditional humanistic values, spreading goodness and beauty; actively promote the image of the country and Vietnamese people to international friends; proactively receive the quintessence of human culture to enrich the national cultural identity.

General Secretary To Lam pinned the Ho Chi Minh Medal on the traditional flag of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press.

The General Secretary noted that, in the face of the digital transformation wave and fierce competition in the global media space, the press must quickly adapt, pioneer in strongly innovating thinking, mastering technology, and making breakthroughs in journalism and information transmission methods. Strengthen the presence of revolutionary journalism on social networking platforms, maintain the information and propaganda front in the face of the development of cross-border platforms. This is an inevitable requirement for the press to be able to master the information and communication front in cyberspace and enhance the value of each press agency. Key press agencies such as Nhan Dan Newspaper, Communist Magazine, Vietnam News Agency, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam Television, and a number of electronic information portals of central agencies need to focus on digital transformation, strengthen cooperation and integration, perform well the role of forecasting, perform well the function of information orientation, and deserve to be "lighthouses" for the country's revolutionary press system.

The General Secretary proposed to innovate the leadership, direction and management of the press in the direction of building and creating an operating environment for the press to best promote its revolutionary nature and mission of serving the country and the people. Clearly define the functions and tasks of each agency, resolutely not to do things for them or to direct them. Institutionalize the Party's policies and perfect the legal system on the press to ensure consistency, transparency, modernity and efficiency. Continue to effectively implement the planning and arrangement of press agencies in the direction of streamlining, compactness, efficiency, effectiveness and efficiency. Have solutions to overcome the overlapping of functions and tasks between press agencies; Resolutely remove from the press team journalists who have lost their fighting spirit, have faded revolutionary ideals, have violated professional ethics, and violated regulations of agencies and organizations... Strengthen the application of science and technology, big data to analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information, contributing to improving the quality of information orientation according to the motto of being proactive, timely, convincing, effective, and close to reality. Build a public and transparent ordering mechanism, and provide targeted support for press agencies to perform well their political tasks, especially in key areas, strategic areas, and sensitive areas. Develop key national press agencies and groups that have the role of information orientation; have appropriate mechanisms to develop the revolutionary press career.

Expressing his emotions after listening to the speeches of generations of journalists at the ceremony, the General Secretary affirmed that these were reasonable and valid wishes. The Party never gave up its combat weapon, the press, a tool for propaganda and orientation; relying on the press to listen to the people's voices, and at the same time, through the press, to propagate the Party's guidelines and policies to the people.

Promoting the glorious tradition of 100 years of formation and development, the General Secretary requested that the Vietnamese revolutionary press must continue to rise strongly, affirming its pioneering role on the ideological and cultural front, serving the cause of national development. Vietnamese journalists must truly be shock troops, possessing a steadfast political stance, a spirit of innovation, a desire to contribute and devote themselves to the common cause of the nation. The press must become a force that creates trust, encourages aspirations for development, and contributes to realizing the goal of building a strong, prosperous, and everlasting Vietnam in the era of national development.

At the Ceremony, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam awarded the Ho Chi Minh Medal to the Vietnam Revolutionary Press for its many contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presented the Medal of Gratitude to the outstanding contributions of veteran journalists - those who have made many contributions to the cause of Vietnamese Revolutionary Journalism, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Vietnamese Revolutionary Journalism Day.

Before attending the Celebration Ceremony, at the National Convention Center, delegates visited the exhibition of photos, documents, and historical artifacts about the 100-year tradition of Vietnam's revolutionary press; achievements and trends in press development in the new era; and displayed modern press and media equipment and technology applications.

According to VNA

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