Many positive results
Attending the conference were Mr. Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Commission, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; leaders of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Representatives of leaders of the Journalists' Associations of provinces and cities, Union Branches and Journalists' Associations directly under the Central Government.
Sharing at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, said that on April 25, 4, the Prime Minister signed Decision No. 2016/QD-TTg approving the Project "Continuing Support 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".
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.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, gave the opening speech.
Following the above success is the "Program to support creative activities of works, literary and artistic works, and newspapers at the Central and local Literary and Arts Associations; Support high-quality journalism at local Journalists Associations in the period 2021-2025" according to Decision 558 of the Prime Minister.
Most opinions say that the programs demonstrate the Party and Government's deep leadership and direction for the cause of journalistic innovation in the country in general and the journalistic professional activities of the organizations. Vietnam Journalists Association in particular...
In addition, the problems and shortcomings in the process of implementing the program were also analyzed by all levels of the Journalists' Association, exchanging experiences and recommending many solutions to contribute to better implementation of the support program in the next year.
Mr. Phan Toan Thang, Chief of Office of the Vietnam Journalists Association, said that implementing Decision No. 558 of the Prime Minister, journalists have had more conditions to penetrate reality and write articles.
Many supported journalism works have won high prizes at local journalism awards and press awards from ministries and branches, and even higher at the annual National Press Awards. Journalist members are eligible for financial support and are not subject to pursuit of taste or trivial, low-level commercialization.
Many Association branches received certificates of merit from the Vietnam Journalists Association.
Funded works have the opportunity to go deeper into the topics of revolution, resistance, national history and other areas of innovation, promoting industrialization and modernization of the country. Reflecting on life, advanced examples and new factors in all regions of the country, especially remote, border and island areas.
The support for creating high-quality journalistic works has created consensus and linked emulation in the press, focusing on creating journalistic works according to the propaganda orientation of the Party, State and Government; create journalistic works that are combative, educational, and have political ideas that contribute to social stability and serve the revolutionary cause of the Party and the people, thereby further affirming the role, social responsibilities and civic obligations of journalists.
Many activities support high-quality journalism
Many collectives achieved excellent achievements in the Association's emulation movement.
According to the report of the Drafting Committee of the Project to support high quality journalism phase 2, Proposed Project 2021-2025, membership data is only one of the important factors for the Drafting Committee of the Project to propose a mechanism State management agencies consider granting support funding.
If we consider the number of members, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City both have around 1.000 members, which will account for most of the support funding and can be nearly 10 times higher than the Provincial Journalists Association, which has just over 100 members. .
In the coming time, the Drafting Committee of the High Quality Journalism Support Program for the period 2026-2030 will research and propose to develop additional criteria for funding allocation to ensure more science and fairness; explain in detail to state management agencies as a basis for submitting to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision to support high-quality journalism in the coming period.
At the Conference, the Vietnam Journalists Association announced the Decision and awarded Certificates of Merit from the President of the Vietnam Journalists Association to 29 Association groups and 51 individuals with outstanding professional achievements and building the Association in 2023. .
Nguyen Lanh
