Enhancing cooperation between VNA and the Government of the French-speaking Community of Belgium

VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang congratulated Mr. Nicolas Dervaux, representative of the Government of the French-speaking Community of Belgium (Wallonie-Bruxelles) and the Walloon Region in Vietnam, who will end his term of office remotely on August 31, 2023, and welcomed Mr. Pierre Du Ville, who has been appointed by the Government of the French-speaking Community of Belgium (Wallonie-Bruxelles) and the Walloon Region as Head of the Delegation of the French-speaking Community of Belgium (Wallonie-Bruxelles) and the Walloon Region in Vietnam, from September 1, 2023.

Enhance the cooperative relationship between VNA and the government and the community of people with disabilities in France 1 — Director General of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Vu Viet Trang received a delegation from the Government of the French-speaking Belgian Community (Wallonie-Bruxelles) and the Walloon Region in Vietnam. Photo: Phuong Hoa/VNA

Introducing the development of VNA, General Director Vu Viet Trang said: VNA was officially established on September 15, 1945. The Declaration of Independence giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (September 2) was broadcast by VNA in three languages: Vietnamese, English, and French, which shows that French is one of the first two languages in VNA's external information.

Currently, VNA has provided foreign information in 10 languages; of which French remains one of the core languages of VNA's foreign information. Currently, VNA has about 50 reporters and editors using French in their professional work at the Le Courrier du Vietnam newspaper, the Foreign Affairs News Editorial Board, the World News Editorial Board, Vietnam Pictorial and VNA's resident offices in French-speaking countries.

In recent times, the Government of the French-speaking Community of Belgium and the Walloon Region has implemented many cooperation projects with Vietnam in various fields, bringing practical results to Vietnamese ministries and sectors, especially in the field of human resource training. VNA is also a beneficiary of the very effective cooperation between the two sides. In particular, the Government of the French-speaking Community of Belgium and the Walloon Region has coordinated with VNA to implement the project "Improving French language and journalism skills for VNA's Francophone journalists". This is a project within the framework of cooperation between the Standing Joint Commission between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Government of Walloon-Bruxelles.

Enhance the cooperative relationship between VNA and the government and the community of people with disabilities in France 2 — General Director of Vietnam News Agency Vu Viet Trang and delegates attending the reception. Photo: Phuong Hoa/VNA

Since 2019, the cooperation project on "Improving French language and journalism skills for Francophone journalists of VNA" has been implemented with high quality and professionalism. VNA's French reporters and editors have been interned at three prestigious press agencies in Belgium. The training programs taught directly in Vietnam by experienced Belgian lecturers are also very close to the training needs of VNA, serving the development strategy of VNA in the current period, which is to develop digital technology media products.

Mr. Nicolas Dervaux thanked the General Director of VNA for his welcome and affirmed that the cooperative relationship between the Wallonie-Bruxelles Government - Vietnam in general, the diplomatic agency of the Wallonie-Bruxelles Government in particular and VNA will continue to develop, because this is a relationship based on trust, sustainability and efficiency. The Wallonie-Bruxelles Government highly appreciates the cooperative relationship with VNA and affirms that this is its important partner; at the same time, it focuses on the quality and effectiveness of the cooperative relationship, as well as cooperation projects...

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