Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Le Quoc Minh has participated in activities within the framework of the congress.(Photo: VNA) Sofia (VNA) – The sixth News Agencies World Congress (NAWC) opened in the Bulgarian capital city of Sofia on June 13, bringing together more than 200 delegates from nearly 100 countries and territories around the world. Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Le Quoc Minh has participated in activities within the framework of the congress. Addressing the opening ceremony, Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) Maxim Minchev said news journalism is one of the last bastions of real and double-checked news. He underlined the need for news agencies worldwide to accumulate synergy as the situation is changing very quickly. Discussions during the forum will focus on fake news, artificial intelligence, the new models of ownership of news agencies and the new sources of information, he said. … [Read more...] about News Agencies World Congress opens in Bulgaria
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VNA’s AI app wins OANA Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality
The closing session of the 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA)(Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and Xinhua News Agency (China) have shared the first prize of the OANA Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality. The award was announced by Secretary General Vulgar Seidov of the Organisation of Asia Pacific News Agencies (OANA) at the closing ceremony of the 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting in Hanoi on April 19. Both winning 28 points voted by members of the OANA Executive Board, the VNA with Chatbot app of its e-newspaper VietnamPlus and Xinhua with its AI Media Brain project secured the first prize. OANA President Aslan Aslanov said the award aims to encourage news agencies to pay more attention to and invest more in innovating professional activities. Hosted by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the meeting focused on three main contents, including strategies of news agencies in response to changes in … [Read more...] about VNA’s AI app wins OANA Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality
US-DPRK Summit 2019: Vietnam makes int’l headlines as host for second DPRK-USA Summit
Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the DPRK’s Workers’ Party of Korea, ran an article on Vietnam’s economic development on February 27, in which it hailed Vietnam’s economic potential. The article highlighted the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to accelerate economic renovation and consolidate the socialist regime, which indicated the DPRK’s interest in Vietnam’s Doi Moi (renewal) process. National flags of the DPRK, the US and Vietnam attached to a plaque with a friendship symbol of handshake are decorating many streets downtown Hanoi. The same day, an article on Singapore’s Chinese-language Zaobao spotlighted Hanoi’s preparation for the rare summit on February 27-28. Both Trump and Kim received warm welcome from local people who waved flowers and flags when they arrived in Vietnam on February 26. The article also noted that the national flags of the DPRK, the US and Vietnam attached to a plaque with a … [Read more...] about US-DPRK Summit 2019: Vietnam makes int’l headlines as host for second DPRK-USA Summit
Vietnam makes int’l headlines as host for second DPRK-USA Summit
National flags of the DPRK, the US and Vietnam attached to a plaque with a friendship symbol of handshake are decorating many streets downtown Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam, the host of the second summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, has grabbed international headlines for its socio-economic development as well as meticulous preparation for the summit. Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the DPRK’s Workers’ Party of Korea, ran an article on Vietnam’s economic development on February 27, in which it hailed Vietnam’s economic potential. The article highlighted the Vietnamese Government’s efforts to accelerate economic renovation and consolidate the socialist regime, which indicated the DPRK’s interest in Vietnam’s Doi Moi (renewal) process. The same day, an article on Singapore’s Chinese-language Zaobao spotlighted Hanoi’s preparation for the rare summit on February 27-28. … [Read more...] about Vietnam makes int’l headlines as host for second DPRK-USA Summit
Some good news, some bad news, some hopeful news
by Thu Vân “Your pens are the sharp weapons in the cause of telling the truth…” Thus began a letter that President Ho Chi Minh wrote to intellectuals and journalists in the southern part of the country on May 25, 1947. He also said in the same letter that “journalists should act like brave soldiers in the revolution to gain back unity and independence for the country.” One cannot imagine loftier ideals for this profession. Today, the lofty ideals may remain, but there are times I feel these are gathering dust in the shelves of our memory as the profession goes through one existential crisis after another. More than seven decades after President Hồ Chí Minh wrote the famous letter, it is fair to say journalism has gone through many changes, all over the world. Today, the profession is wedded, one could even say welded, to technology and business, and this creates a host of challenges in terms of the profession succeeding in the … [Read more...] about Some good news, some bad news, some hopeful news