SYDNEY - The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Australian Associated Press (AAP) have signed an agreement to enhance co-operation and the exchange of information. The agreement was inked by VNA General Director Nguyễn Đức Lợi and APP CEO Bruce Davidson at AAP headquarters in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday. The agreement aims to help further foster links between the two news agencies and strengthen the partnership and effective co-operation between media firms in Việt Nam and Australia. Under the agreement, the two sides will exchange English-language news stories and high-quality photos, thus meeting the increasing information demand of both countries' people. At their talks before the signing ceremony, VNA General Director and APP CEO Bruce Davidson discussed future bilateral co-operation, which will focus on providing support for each other's correspondents and co-organising training programmes for reporters and technicians. As members of the executive board of the Organisation … [Read more...] about VN, Aussie news agencies up ties
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Press significantly contributed to the Capital’s development
The Hanoitimes - On the occasion of the 91st anniversary of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925-2016), Hanoi authorities met with journalists ahead of the Press Day. The Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai; Permanent Deputy Secretary of Ha Noi Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang; President of the municipal Fatherland Front Vu Hong Khanh attended and presided over the meeting. The event also saw the attendance of Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hung and Nhan Dan Editor-in-Chief, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists' Association Thuan Huu. Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang visited and sent congratulations to officials, reporters, editors of Communist Review, Vietnam Journalists' Association, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Lao Dong Newspaper on the occasion of the 91st anniversary of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day. On behalf of the city leaders, Permanent … [Read more...] about Press significantly contributed to the Capital’s development
Art and press photo exhibitions start in city
Both the 33rd Ho Chi Minh City Art Photograph Festival and a press photo exhibition entitled “Golden Moment” opened Monday. They feature photographs that won prizes at two recent contests. With its theme “The Year 2008: Year of Civilized Urban Lifestyle”, the festival is organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Photographers’ Association and the Exhibition Information Center of the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Being held at LamSonPark in District 1 and at the office of Photographers’ Association at 122 Suong Nguyet Anh, District 1, the festival highlights 13 winning photos and 99 others selected from more than 900 that were entered in a recent art photography contest. The organizers of the festival presented first prize to HCMC artist Vo Van Hoang for his photograph entitled “Rubbish, Rubbish, Rubbish.” They also gave two second and three third prizes to the art works by five other photographers who are also … [Read more...] about Art and press photo exhibitions start in city
Social News 22/12
Truck crash kills one student, injures three others A truck killed a student and severely injured three others today in an accident in Bau Lam Commune, Xuyen Moc District in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. The truck reportedly went over to the opposite lane and hit a group of four students from the local Hoa Binh High School, who were on the way to school. The truck's driver and another man who was in the truck were also slightly injured when it fell off the side of the road. The case is under further investigation. Vietnam drink maker hit by boycott, quality inspection after winning fly-in-bottle lawsuit Tan Hiep Phat Group, the maker of several popular drinks in Vietnam, is being boycotted on the Internet and scrutinized by the country’s consumer association, only days after winning a lawsuit that sent one of its consumers to prison. The Vietnamese Consumer Protection Association has received complaints from local residents and authorities in the southern … [Read more...] about Social News 22/12
Social News 5/12
Add-on rooms put residents in peril Old residential buildings on Ha Noi's Nguyen Cong Tru Street. The safety of residents is threatened by the creation of extra "rooms" mostly carved out of balcony space, in residential buildings. Many extra rooms, mostly carved out of balcony spaces, have been built in resettlement and residential quarters in Ha Noi affecting the buildings' and people's safety, according to local authorities. Observations by the Vietnam News Agency's correspondent at the Den Lu 2 residential quarter in Ha Noi's Hoang Mai District showed that many add-on structures were built out of the apartment's balcony for several metres on the 17th and 18th floor causing dangerous conditions. Pham Vinh Quang, head of the E Building in the residential quarter, said that building the expanded parts seriously affected the building's safety. The management boards gave warning to the residents, but they still made it to have more space, he said. The same situation … [Read more...] about Social News 5/12