Seminar 'Colors of Memory' pays tribute to fallen journalists.

The event was organized to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2024), and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2025).

The seminar attracted hundreds of journalists from media outlets under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, central and Hanoi-based media.

According to the organizers, the program to commemorate and honor fallen journalists was held for the first time in 2024 and will become an annual event in the following years, as it is a meaningful activity of the current generation of journalists towards those journalists who sacrificed themselves for national independence and for the revolutionary Vietnamese press.

Journalist Le Quoc Trung, former Director General of the Vietnam News Agency and former Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association , highly appreciated the idea of ​​organizing the program and expressed his hope for the connection and development of the branch associations in practical activities, towards the 100th anniversary of Vietnamese Revolutionary Journalism.

With the theme "Colors of Memory," the program is a profound tribute from today's generation to the journalist-martyrs; and at the same time, it conveys a meaningful message to the current generation of writers.

Mr. Phan Van Dong, the older brother of the martyred journalist Phan Tu Ky (1947-1972), represented the family and recounted memories and feelings about his loved one who bravely sacrificed his life in 1972 in Quang Tri .

Besides admiration and boundless sorrow, the generations of journalists present in the auditorium also felt proud and grateful for the contributions and sacrifices of previous generations of journalists.

Journalist Ho Quang Loi, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, former Editor-in-Chief of the Hanoi Moi Newspaper, and Vice President of the Vietnam Digital Media Association, spoke at the seminar.

Another prominent speaker was journalist Tran Van Hien, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper and Vice President of the Nghe An Journalists Association, who dedicated over 15 years to searching for and identifying the graves of 512 colleagues who were martyrs. He is also a beloved poet, famous for his poem "Please Don't Call Him an Unknown Martyr".

Director of the Vietnam Press Museum, Tran Thi Kim Hoa (on the left), receives two books donated to the Museum by journalist Tran Van Hien (in the middle).

According to Tran Thi Kim Hoa, Director of the Vietnam Press Museum, since its inception, the museum has received tremendous support and encouragement from journalists, their families, journalists' associations at all levels, press agencies, and many members of the public throughout the country. Each artifact and document received is a valuable spiritual asset, previously kept in agencies, units, and personal collections, and has been officially entrusted to the Vietnam Press Museum for preservation and dissemination to future generations.

Also as part of the program, delegates and guests visited the Vietnam Press Museum, a heritage home for generations of journalists, which houses and displays over 35,000 documents and artifacts from various periods of Vietnamese journalism over the past century.

A prominent exhibit at the museum is the giant loudspeaker that was once placed on the banks of the Ben Hai River (Quang Tri province), broadcasting news and cultural programs between the two sides of the 17th parallel during the war for the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country.

The space recreates the historical period of "Journalism in the Underground" of the Nhan Dan Newspaper during the Dien Bien Phu air campaign in 1970.

According to nhandan.vn

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