Solemn celebration of 100 years of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day

Delegates attending the 100th Anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

General Secretary To Lam attended and delivered a speech. The ceremony was attended by comrades: Former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former Politburo member, former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung; Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; former Politburo member, former Standing member of the Secretariat Phan Dien; Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Education Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia; Party Central Committee member, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung; Party Central Committee member, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association Le Quoc Minh...

Also attending the ceremony were leaders of ministries, departments, branches, the Fatherland Front , and central organizations; leaders of press agencies; veteran journalists; press delegations from China, Laos, Cuba, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines...; and representatives of journalists from all over the country.

Delegates perform the flag salute ceremony.

The 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2025) is a glorious milestone for the press, affirming the role and position of the official, mainstream, and indispensable information flow in life and society.

In recognition of the Party's great contributions to the revolutionary cause and for the benefit of the nation, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam awarded the Ho Chi Minh Medal for the second time to the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day.

Delivering a speech at the ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission emphasized: The solemn celebration of the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day is an opportunity for all of us to review and increase our pride, respect, and infinite gratitude towards President Ho Chi Minh - the genius leader, the great teacher of the Vietnamese revolution, the national liberation hero, the world cultural celebrity, the exemplary international communist soldier, and the close friend of peace-loving and social progress-loving peoples around the world. He was the one who founded, led, trained, and was the great teacher of Vietnam's revolutionary press. The event aims to honor the achievements of Vietnam's revolutionary press over the past 100 years. This is also a guideline for journalists to continue their noble mission in the period when the country is striving to enter a new era. We are forever proud and grateful to our leaders, revolutionary soldiers, and outstanding, exemplary senior journalists.

Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia presented a commemorative speech.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia emphasized: Reaching the threshold of 100 years is not only a glorious tradition, a revolutionary mark, proud stories of the past, but also the position and appearance of a press, with nearly 800 press agencies and a team of 41,000 journalists with professional expertise, steadfastness, mastery of modern press technology, being the nation's key press agencies, press agencies trusted by the public and reaching regional and world levels. Our Party and State always affirm: Vietnamese revolutionary press is an inseparable part of the entire ideological and cultural work of the Party, of the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. Our press takes the interests of the nation, the people, the happiness and prosperity of the people as the ultimate goal, all for a rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness, and civilization.

The new era, the new revolutionary period requires new, advanced, humane methods of information, knowledge, and thinking, which revolutionary journalism must undertake. The press public not only needs to provide fast, attractive information, but also needs accuracy, humanity, verification, orientation, analysis, commentary, constructive solutions, and multi-dimensional forecasts. Technology platforms and digital transformation revolution will fundamentally change the way journalism works. Every international movement is organically linked to domestic life, when cyberspace is limitless, the nation is linked to the region and the world.

In the integration and association, identity, individuality and uniqueness are the values that are needed in the human community. The press informs and propagates policies and guidelines, but also needs to be courageous and responsible in criticizing and exchanging to move towards the truth and good cultural values of the nation; resolutely fighting against evil, degradation, manifestations of corruption, waste and negativity. That vivid reality requires every journalist, every editorial office, every local or central association to change and improve themselves.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the ceremony.

Speaking at the ceremony, General Secretary To Lam emphasized: The 100-year journey of the history of Vietnam's revolutionary press is a vivid testament to the great role of writers in the struggle for national independence and the building and protection of the socialist Fatherland. From hand-printed newspapers in the middle of the war zone, to today's multimedia press agencies, from hand-written articles under bombs and bullets to the application of modern means, information technology, artificial intelligence... Vietnamese revolutionary journalists have affirmed their mettle, intelligence, dedication, creativity, and steadfastness to ideals, always sticking to practical life, in harmony with the breath and rhythm of life of the people.

In recent years, our country's press has proactively innovated its content, form, technology and journalistic thinking; the team of journalists has been constantly innovating and strongly applying digital technology, artificial intelligence, and advanced scientific and technological achievements to create a new, modern, humane and popular press content. The press has promoted the image of the country and Vietnamese people to the world, demonstrating Vietnam's solidarity and responsibility towards friends, progressive forces and world development. The press is a means of spreading national cultural values, arousing patriotism, development aspirations and affirming Vietnamese cultural identity in the era of integration. The key press agencies have played a good role in guiding information, worthy of being the beacons of the country's revolutionary press system.

Proud of the glorious tradition with remarkable developments, growth and great contributions over the past century, with the goal of building a revolutionary, professional, humane and modern press and media, the team of journalists today is increasingly aware of their mission and responsibility in the new development period of the country, continuing to devote themselves, closely following reality, being quick, accurate, professional, lighting up faith, creating the future to fulfill the noble mission that society always cherishes, making worthy contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, together with the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army, striving to rise up, realizing the aspiration of building a strong, powerful, prosperous and happy Vietnam./.

Bich Ngoc

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