Attending and directing the Conference were Mr. Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association and representatives of all levels of local Journalists Associations across the country.
Speaking at the opening of the Conference, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, said that under the leadership and close direction of the Party and Government, the Association has continuously grown over time. Strong in both quantity and quality, with 25.424 members - journalists living in 63 Provincial and City Journalist Associations.
Over the past years, the Vietnam Journalists Association has truly become a "common house" that gathers and unites journalists across the country, creating a useful and practical professional living environment for all levels of the Association. , promote professional movements, preserve the fire of professional passion, and promote the spirit of dedication of members.
According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, due to the role, position and importance of the Vietnam Journalists Association, on April 25, 4, the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 2016/QD-TTg approving the Project "Continuing to support Supporting creative activities of works, literary and artistic works, and journalism at the Central and local Literary and Arts Associations; Support high-quality journalism at local Journalists Associations in the period 650 - 2016".
To date, the Project has been completely completed and achieved many positive results. The work of supporting the creation of high-quality journalistic works has created works with depth, reflecting all aspects of social life.
Report summarizing 3 years of implementing Decision 558/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister, Mr. Phan Toan Thang, Chief of Office of the Vietnam Journalists Association, said, continuing the success of the mechanism for quality journalistic works. high quality, on April 08, 4, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 2021/QD-TTg approving the "Program to support creative activities of works, literary and artistic works, and journalism at the Central and local literary and artistic associations; Support high-quality journalism at local Journalists Associations in the period 558 - 2021".
According to Mr. Thang, this program has continued to promote press support with larger funding sources, focusing on improving the professional qualifications of members of the Vietnam Journalists Association, and orienting propaganda. transmit and exploit many important topics.
Specifically, in 3 years (2021, 2022 and 2023), the State budget supports the cost of creating high-quality journalistic works for local Journalist Associations nationwide with 27,7 billion VND. However, some local authorities have not allocated funds for the Provincial Journalists Association to implement Decision 558 of the Prime Minister.
At the Central level, in the 3-year period of 2021, 2022 and 2023, the State budget funding to support the creation of high-quality journalistic works at the Central level is 11,46 billion VND. The Standing Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association unanimously decided, according to its authority, to allocate funds to 18 Joint Branches of Journalists (3,95 billion VND) and 103 Branches of Journalists Associations (6,22 billion VND). The number of units allocated funds but not implemented is 39 units, with a total budget of 1,29 billion VND.
At the Conference, delegates also heard a preliminary report, evaluating the results of three years of implementation of the "Program to support creative works, literary and artistic works, and journalism at the Central Government and Associations". Local literature and arts; local Journalists Associations;...
Participating at the Conference, many delegates from all levels of the local Journalists Association spoke, analyzed and evaluated the activities of the Vietnam Journalists Association at all levels in supporting the creation of journalistic works. of the past three years 2021 - 2023. Many delegates shared difficulties and obstacles in implementing the program, thereby recommending solutions and lessons learned to thoroughly grasp and effectively deploy the support program in the coming years.
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, spoke to receive comments from delegates of provincial and city Journalist Associations; Union Branches and Journalists Associations directly under the Central Government. In particular, many ideas have been proposed to encourage a working environment, create a comfortable creative space for the press, and serve well the propaganda of the Party's Resolutions and the State's legal policies.
To improve the effectiveness of the program's support in improving the quality of content and innovating the form of expression of journalistic works, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi also expressed his wish that all levels of the Association pay attention to the work of improving the quality of journalistic works. High professional qualifications of members, effectively serving the unit's work plans and assigned political tasks. In particular, actively create sources of works to participate in the National Press Awards, provincial press awards and other specialized journalism awards.
Regarding the problems and shortcomings in the process of implementing the program, solutions were also proposed at all levels of the Association, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi said, the Central Agency of the Association strongly shares with the difficulties of all levels of the Association and will also make efforts to work with State management agencies to increase the level of support funding.
According to the representative of the Vietnam Journalists Association, the good news is that in the period 2021 - 2025, funding has been increased about 1,5 times. In the coming time, the Central Agency of the Association will continue to research and propose to the Government and relevant agencies for additional funding sources to support the following stages.
On the same afternoon (March 18), the Vietnam Journalists Association also organized the 3 Emulation and Commendation Conference. The Organizing Committee announced the decisions to award Emulation flags of the Vietnam Journalists Association to 2024 collectives; Awarding certificates of merit from the Vietnam Journalists Association to 18 collectives and 29 individuals of the association at all levels from central to local levels who have successfully completed their tasks and work in 51.
