May 12, 1977: Vietnam News Agency changed its name to Vietnam News Agency.

VNA is a government agency, a national news agency, a key multimedia media agency, performing the function of publishing and broadcasting information and official documents of the Party and State.

Vietnam News Agency was established on September 15, 1945, less than two weeks after President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence at Ba Dinh Square.

On October 12, 1960, the Liberation News Agency - the official information agency of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam was born.

Since then, Vietnam News Agency and Liberation News Agency stood side by side with the same mission of fighting for national reunification, then merged into Vietnam News Agency in 1976.

On May 12, 1977, Vietnam News Agency changed its name to Vietnam News Agency according to Resolution No. 84/NQ-QHK6 of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

According to Decree No. 27/2025/ND-CP, Vietnam News Agency is an agency under the Government , a national news agency, a key multimedia media agency, performing the function of publishing and broadcasting information and official documents of the Party and State; providing information to serve the leadership requirements of the Party and the management of the State; disseminating information to serve mass media agencies, the public and other subjects at home and abroad./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/ngay-1251977-viet-nam-thong-tan-xa-doi-ten-thanh-thong-tan-xa-viet-nam-post1037988.vnp