The First Class Labor Medal for a press agency at the age of 15 is truly a rare feat! The national foreign electronic newspaper VietnamPlus has had a journey of dedication and effort, which is associated with creativity and breakthrough ideas, inspiring many press trends in Vietnam such as Longform, data journalism, solution journalism, etc.
15 years of affirming the emerging role in creating digital journalism products
VietnamPlus “went live” in November 2008, published in 6 languages (Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese, Spanish, Russian). Over the past 15 years, the VietnamPlus e-newspaper team has always been enthusiastic, united, determined to innovate, apply the newest and most modern ways of journalism, combine technology with journalism to create attractive information products, and increase the spread of news information on the Internet platform.
After 15 years, VietnamPlus has launched impressive many journalism products such as: 360-degree photos/ videos ; Timeline event streams, graphics and interactive graphics, mobile journalism applications, long-form or Mega Story, data journalism, visual journalism, exploiting Chatbot, Webpush, Mobilepush, Newsletter features; developing Podcasts, bringing VietnamPlus products to smart speakers, developing readers on digital platforms. VietnamPlus also became the first press unit in the country to charge for reading electronic newspapers.
Reporters and editors of VietnamPlus E-newspaper have received many Press Awards for External Information in recent times. (Source: Vietnam+).
Appreciating these efforts, journalist Vu Viet Trang - General Director of Vietnam News Agency affirmed that VietnamPlus e-newspaper has demonstrated its role as a pioneer in creating digital press products, meeting the expectations of VNA in the process of building and developing into a key national multimedia press agency.
“With the continuous efforts of reporters and editors, along with the effective promotion of VNA's strong resources including domestic and foreign information units and updated information sources from 93 domestic and foreign permanent agencies, VietnamPlus e-newspaper has affirmed its position in the country's e-newspaper system; providing fast, accurate, and oriented information; implementing in-depth, high-quality news/articles with a professional and modern presentation.
I am also pleased to see that VietnamPlus has built a team of young, skilled reporters and editors with the courage and skills of modern journalism; especially the spirit of volunteering and dedication in implementing difficult news routes/articles such as natural disasters, storms, floods, epidemics, etc.
With these results, VietnamPlus e-newspaper has been awarded many noble prizes by the Party and the State and has always been honored with high rankings in the Industry and National Press Awards and won international awards with press products that effectively apply technology" - General Director Vu Viet Trang emphasized.
It can be said that, although it was established late, VietnamPlus has chosen to take solid steps, finding its own path to get closer to readers by strongly applying modern technology, approaching and grasping the development trends of the media, constantly improving working methods, journalistic style, especially creating unique journalistic products with high professional quality....
"The unique point of VietnamPlus is that many parts of the modern content production process use online tools, and all reporters and editors can handle it themselves without the need for graphic designers or programmers. It is worth mentioning that many VietnamPlus reporters are now working 5-in-1 at the same time, that is, performing news, photos, videos, graphics and data journalism alone" - Editor-in-Chief Tran Tien Duan is very proud of his multi-talented reporters when looking back on the journey of the past 15 years.
He also added that, with the solidarity and those elite writers, after 15 years of effort and 15 years of creativity, VietnamPlus has won more than 100 different large and small press awards, of which 51 are in the System of 5 major press awards: National Press Award (6 A Awards); Foreign Affairs Award (5 First Awards); Golden Hammer and Sickle Award (1 A Award); Anti-Corruption and Negativity Award and Dien Hong Award.
In addition, VietnamPlus also won 3 more International Press Awards. In 2023 alone, for the anniversary of the newspaper's founding, VietnamPlus won the A Prize of the National Press Award, the A Prize of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award, the First Prize of the Foreign Information Award, the A Prize of "Impressive Electronic Newspaper Interface" at the 2023 National Press Festival, the Second Prize of the Press Award on Anti-Corruption, the Special Prize of the National Press Award "For the Cause of VietnameseEducation ", the B Prize of the Dien Hong Award and many others awards. awards.
Understanding users will provide appropriate content solutions.
That is the emphasis of journalist Tran Tien Duan - Editor-in-Chief of VietnamPlus electronic newspaper when asked what is the most important thing to always keep the flame of creativity burning over the years?
Also because of its respect for the public and concern for users, VietnamPlus has made constant efforts to expand its coverage, improve its presentation, apply modern working methods, and apply new information and communication technology to increasingly increase its coverage, diversify its genres, and attract the public. This has significantly contributed to spreading official information both domestically and internationally.
Journalist Tran Tien Duan - Editor-in-Chief of VietnamPlus Electronic Newspaper, on behalf of the Newspaper, received the Government 's excellent emulation flag.
In fact, VietnamPlus is a pioneer in modernizing its operations on digital platforms, creating new and attractive products such as megastory, news game, podcast, etc. The presence of readers on the online newspaper vietnamplus.vn as well as other platforms of the newspaper such as Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, etc. is a great source of spiritual encouragement for reporters and editors. The interest and feedback of readers is also the motivation for the editorial office to constantly innovate and develop.
It can be said that the mark of today's success is that VietnamPlus has always provided content solutions suitable for the readers it is serving, slightly better content strategies as well as business strategies.
Reach out…
Going far is not easy, especially in the current challenging context. But the determination to be worthy of the status of a national foreign electronic newspaper seems to have urged VietnamPlus to constantly aspire. “We will not stop for a second to enjoy the results, but are determined to be more and more innovative, dynamic and creative to continue to maintain our position as the official electronic newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), and also a national foreign electronic newspaper” – Editor-in-Chief Tran Tien Duan is determined for the journey ahead.
Gaining a position is difficult, maintaining it is even more difficult, but the determination to become one of the five Vietnamese e-newspapers with the highest traffic has created momentum for VietnamPlus to break through. Right now, VietnamPlus has oriented to continue to create a spread by maintaining and opening new sections; designing interfaces with specialized pages about 63 localities in the country and more than 200 countries and regions in the world as specialized mini-websites.
Especially for a national foreign electronic newspaper, the goal and development orientation is to spread information to the world in the most effective way. The focus of the newspaper is on the regions of North America, Europe, ASEAN and Australia. The roadmap is programmed very specifically by the head of the newspaper: Build additional versions in Korean, Japanese and German and broadcast on the Internet through the VNA's Electronic Information Portal to provide the media system and readers using Korean, Japanese and German languages...
Consistent with that goal, Mr. Tran Tien Duan said that the editorial office's task in the coming time is not only to do well what it has, but also to research, develop, and bring many applications into journalism and operational activities...
"Currently, VietnamPlus e-newspaper is moving rapidly in the Digital Transformation phase, has completed the digital ecosystem and will soon promote the application of artificial intelligence in editorial management and product development. The newspaper continues to strive to maintain its position as a national foreign e-newspaper under VNA; diversify information products, produce large, in-depth, multimedia, multi-platform articles; strive to pioneer the application of new technologies in the process of creating and producing journalistic works, meeting the needs of the public... " - Editor-in-Chief Tran Tien Duan affirmed.
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