Seminar "Promoting the tradition of 100 years of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day Ninh Binh Press for millennium goals"

(PLVN) - On May 30, in the exciting atmosphere to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2025), Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee coordinated with the Editorial Board of Communist Magazine to organize a scientific seminar "Promoting the tradition of 100 years of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day - Ninh Binh Press for the millennium goal".

The discussion was chaired by: Dr. Pham Quang Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Magazine; Dr. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ninh Binh Province; Dr. Nguyen Tri Thuc, Director of the Center for Topics and Communication - Publishing of the Communist Magazine.

The press contributes to preserving historical marks and spreading the value of urban heritage.

Speaking at the opening of the seminar, Dr. Pham Quang Ngoc - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee emphasized that the seminar has an important meaning to affirm and clarify the glorious tradition of 100 years of establishment and development of the country's press, at the same time clarifying the role of the Vietnamese revolutionary press in general, Ninh Binh press in particular in carrying out the mission for the millennium goals, including the issue of promoting the protection of urban heritage, contributing with the whole country to realize the country's development aspirations. This is also an opportunity for Ninh Binh province to welcome distinguished guests to visit and learn more about the land, urban heritage, culture and people of Ninh Binh.

Dr. Pham Quang Ngoc - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee delivered the opening speech at the Seminar

Over a century of formation and development, the Vietnamese press has not only fulfilled its mission of information and propaganda, but also played an important role in protecting, preserving and promoting urban heritage. In particular, the values ​​and aspects that stand out are: through articles, reports, documentaries, etc., the press helps the community better understand the value and meaning of heritage cities, clearly recognizing that heritage cities are spaces that preserve historical, cultural and architectural marks of many periods. The press not only provides information but also contributes to telling stories of the past, helping people, especially the younger generation, understand and appreciate the heritage of the country and homeland.

In addition, the press promptly detects and reflects hot issues that many heritage cities face in the process of development, such as the risk of being lost, degraded or damaged due to lack of planning, lax management or pressure from economic development. By warning and reflecting on violations, the press can create public pressure to force the authorities to intervene and handle them. At the same time, the press can also praise good models and creative ways of preserving and promoting the value of urban heritage...

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Ninh Binh Provincial People's Committee affirmed: As one of the outstanding lands of Vietnam with beautiful natural scenery and a long history and culture, Ninh Binh is known as a "heritage city" because it fully converges the elements of cultural heritage, natural heritage and unique spiritual heritage. With the goal of becoming a millennium heritage city and a creative city, a model heritage city of the 21st century, Ninh Binh is taking full advantage of its heritage and natural landscape to develop in a modern and sustainable direction, especially combining heritage conservation and urban modernization.

However, he admitted that the communication about heritage urban areas in Ninh Binh is currently small, event-based, has not created an in-depth campaign, has no long-term communication strategy and inter-sectoral coordination; The press also has to face limitations and challenges, especially when faced with the practical requirements of building and developing the country in the new era, local press in particular and Vietnamese press in general need to have a voice, affirming the important role in contributing to realizing the millennium goals of Ninh Binh province.

Therefore, researching, identifying, evaluating, and finding solutions to promote the power of the press in promoting and protecting urban heritage, contributing to the whole country in realizing the country's development aspirations is the goal that this Seminar aims for. Therefore, at the Scientific Seminar "Promoting the tradition of 100 years of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day - Ninh Binh Press for the millennium goals" , the Organizing Committee also hopes that delegates, practical managers, experts, scientists, and journalists will focus on discussing and clarifying the following main groups of issues: Clarifying the importance and role of the press in promoting and protecting urban heritage in general and the Ninh Binh urban heritage system in particular. Assessing the advantages and potentials of the press in raising public awareness, promoting practical actions to preserve urban heritage values; Create forums for policy debate, connect planners, architects, heritage researchers and residents for discussion, thereby forming community awareness in protecting living spaces with historical value of heritage cities in general.

Delegates Chairing the Discussion

At the Seminar, the Organizing Committee also requested that the delegates present identify and analyze the difficulties and shortcomings that have been and are being faced by the press in promoting and developing the role of the press in developing and preserving urban heritage, such as reflecting economic development through tourism and warning of risks affecting heritage... Unleash the power of the press in solving the challenges and difficulties that the issue of promoting and preserving urban heritage has to face.

The Chairman of Ninh Binh province also emphasized that the press of Ninh Binh province in particular and the press of Vietnam in general need to have breakthrough solutions to promote Ninh Binh urban heritage to the world, further raise public awareness in preserving and promoting urban heritage values; build an effective long-term communication strategy with long-term spillover effects, contributing to realizing the millennium goals of Ninh Binh province, so that Ninh Binh becomes a model urban heritage of the 21st century.

The Organizing Committee of the Seminar hopes that scientists, managers, journalists, and delegates, with their enthusiasm and responsibility, will contribute valuable opinions, propose appropriate solutions and recommendations to promote the value of Vietnamese press in general and local press in particular in realizing the millennium aspirations of Ninh Binh; at the same time, preserve and spread the good values ​​of the heritage city for future generations; affirm the unique identity, enduring and strong vitality of the heritage city of Ninh Binh in the diverse and unified cultural flow of Vietnamese culture.

Building the brand of "millennium heritage city"

Speaking at the seminar, Dr. Nguyen Tri Thuc - Member of the Executive Committee, Director of the Center for Special Topics and Communication - Publishing, Communist Magazine shared that with the "Millennium Heritage City" Hoa Lu - the current capital city of Ninh Binh province, the administrative center of the new Ninh Binh province after the merger of 3 provinces: Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh - in the past time, the Party Committee, government, and people of Ninh Binh have worked hard to research and propose the determination to strive to build Ninh Binh into a Millennium Heritage City, a city directly under the Central Government by 2035.

Dr. Nguyen Tri Thuc - Member of the Central Committee, Director of the Center for Topics and Communication - Publishing, Communist Magazine, speaking at the Seminar

Currently, when typing the phrase “millennium heritage city” on the world’s largest search engine, Google, many results appear, linked to the press agencies that publish and broadcast them. In that information, we clearly see the consistency in propaganda about the difference and uniqueness of Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, which is both a stone capital, a river capital, and a sea-oriented capital. Particularly in terms of urban functional organization, Hoa Lu Ancient Capital not only has a military citadel but also a city associated with streets, trading activities...

With the soul of "Trang An Culture", Hoa Lu Millennium Heritage City has many stories, details, unique messages, outstanding and unique landscapes... for the mass media to exploit, promote and propagate boldly and widely, bringing high efficiency, creating favorable momentum for socio-economic development. The communication of the Hoa Lu Millennium Heritage City brand needs to focus on highlighting the positions and values ​​of the ancient capital Hoa Lu in modern society; cultural heritages with the character, lifestyle, and dignity of the people of the ancient capital, especially the hidden factors and values ​​that have not been aroused and promoted...

However, Ninh Binh also needs to continue to further promote the application of digital technology in management, communication, and promotion of heritage values; review and supplement the development planning to harmonize heritage conservation and promotion; promote the role of local communities in heritage conservation and promotion; research and develop human resources and long-term, layered communication strategies, build in-depth news stories instead of short-term news; at the same time, continue to strengthen cooperation and close links between press agencies with local authorities, researchers, businesses and the community to ensure complete, accurate and multi-dimensional information.

The construction of heritage cities must be promoted in central and local press agencies, even internationally, to convey a strong and impressive message about the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, so that when mentioning the brand "millennium heritage city", everyone immediately recognizes that it is the ancient capital of Hoa Lu, the present Hoa Lu City. It can be said that information in the press has, is and will continue to play a very important role in disseminating, educating, analyzing, advising, criticizing, orienting people's thoughts and awareness; thereby helping people know, understand, trust and act in accordance with each person's awareness. That is what is very necessary when using the press to build a brand, including the heritage urban brand...

Promoting the value of urban heritage in contemporary life

At the discussion , Writer, Journalist Phong Diep, Deputy Head of Department, Deputy Head of Culture - Society, Nhan Dan Newspaper shared that Urban heritage is not only ancient buildings, but also includes customs, habits, community living spaces, and living memories of residents through many generations. According to UNESCO, urban heritage is a combination of tangible elements such as architecture, landscape, old quarters with intangible elements such as festivals, traditional crafts, behavioral culture, creating a unique identity for each city. Urban heritage does not exist separately but is closely linked to the daily life of people, is a place to preserve collective memories and reflect the historical - social process of the community of residents through the ages.

Writer, Journalist Phong Diep, Deputy Head of Department, Deputy Head of Culture - Society Department, Nhan Dan Newspaper, delivered a speech at the Discussion

In Vietnam, places such as Hanoi Old Quarter, Hoi An Ancient Town, Hue Imperial City or Hoa Lu Relic Site - which witnessed the heroic nation-building and defense of 12 years of Dinh Dynasty (968 - 980), 29 years of Tien Le Dynasty (980 - 1009) and the beginning of Ly Dynasty (1009 - 1010) - are vivid evidence of the depth of urban history and culture. Not only do these heritages have spiritual significance, they are also the driving force for socio-economic development...

Along with calling for the involvement of authorities, the press also needs to promote the role of the media in preserving and promoting the value of urban heritage. Because with the strength of language, images and the ability to connect with the public, the press can tell historical and cultural stories in a vivid and close way. Not only a means of information, the press also inspires and leads public opinion. The role of the press becomes even more urgent when urban values ​​are being encroached upon and collective memory is at risk of being forgotten.

In recent times, many articles in the press have delved into the life in the old quarter, about artisans preserving traditional crafts, or heritage stories in the heart of the modern city. These articles not only provide information but also evoke emotions, creating empathy, especially from young people. It is from the lines of text, photos, and films posted that the public can visualize more clearly the value and beauty of urban heritage, thereby contributing to forming a sense of conservation in the community.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine, delivered a concluding speech at the seminar.

The press is also one of the effective social counter-argument forces. Investigative and analytical articles on the deterioration of heritage sites, on projects encroaching on heritage spaces, or on renovations that distort ancient structures... have created significant public pressure, forcing management agencies to reconsider policies or take timely remedial measures. This monitoring role clearly demonstrates the social responsibility of the press in protecting urban memory and identity. Not only stopping at reflection, some press agencies have also proactively organized forums, discussions, and interviews with experts to jointly propose appropriate policies for conservation work.

On the other hand, the press is also a source of inspiration to stimulate creativity in the cultural industries. Filmmakers, stage directors, fashion designers, artists... can all start their ideas from a story about an ancient house, a traditional market, or a folk festival recreated through the press. From here, heritage goes beyond the dry framework of "static preservation" to become a soft resource, continuing to live and spread values ​​in contemporary life, Journalist Phong Diep emphasized.

Concluding the discussion, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Magazine, acknowledged the contents of the discussions presented at today's discussion. The discussion "Promoting the tradition of 100 years of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day, Ninh Binh Press for the millennium goals" attracted hundreds of delegates and journalists to attend with many profound discussions, clarifying the contents and issues that the Organizing Committee desired, contributing to realizing the millennium goals of Ninh Binh province, so that Ninh Binh becomes a model heritage city of the 21st century.

More than a hundred delegates and journalists attended the seminar.

Some pictures at the seminar:

On March 4, 2024, Ninh Binh province was planned by the Prime Minister in Decision 218/QD-TTg, with the goal: "By 2030, it will become a centrally-run city with the characteristics of a millennium heritage city, a creative city; a large center with high brand value in tourism, cultural industry, and heritage economy of the whole country and the Asia-Pacific region..." and "by 2050, it will be a civilized, modern, smart centrally-run city with its own identity, on par with heritage cities and creative cities in the world...".

On February 28, 2025, the Ninh Binh Provincial Party Committee also issued Resolution 21-NQ/TU on building Ninh Binh province into a centrally-run city with the characteristics of a millennium heritage city and a creative city, with the general goal : "Building Ninh Binh province by 2030 to basically meet the criteria, by 2035 to become a centrally-run city with the characteristics of a millennium heritage city and a creative city; an international tourist city, a specialized center for the cultural and entertainment industry of the region and the country, integrating internationally, together with tourism to become a key economic cluster; an important center of the country for modern transport mechanical industry; an innovation center, a growth pole of the southern provinces of the Red River Delta, a model of harmonious combination between restoration, heritage conservation and green growth, focusing on quality development. Ensuring national defense - security, a solid provincial defense area. Building a clean and strong Party and political system in all aspects, developing the economy, prosperous society, happy people , preserving and promoting the identity of the ancient capital Hoa Lu.

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