Hanoi (VNA) – President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan received 100 million VND (4,400 USD) worth of donation from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) to support flood victims in the south central and Central Highlands regions. Addressing the event on January 9, VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi expected the donation would reach the recipients before the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. This is the second time VNA staff has donated to people affected by floods. Previously, VNA had delivered 310 million VND (13,640 USD) to flood victims in the centre region. Nhan said that all funding will be used to help build shelters for flood victims ahead of the upcoming Tet. He said the VFF welcomes any support in Vietnam and abroad toward the community. The same day, the VFF Central Committee also received 1,180 EUR from Vietnamese expatriates in Dillingen, Germany. The committee has so far collected donation worth 12 billion VND (528,000 USD) for the … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency increases cooperation with Algeria Press Service
VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi (R) and Director General of Algeria Press Service Abdelhamid Kacha sign cooperation agreement (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Algeria and North Africa are among important areas to Vietnam News Agency (VNA) as well as Vietnamese audiences, VNA Director General Nguyen Duc Loi said during talks with Director General of Algeria Press Service (APS) Abdelhamid Kacha in Hanoi on June 14. He noted that information provided by the APS will help VNA ensure the accuracy, impartiality and multi-dimension of its coverage on Algerian and North African issues. Over the past few years, the two sides have actively exchanged information under signed bilateral cooperation agreements, he said, adding that the enhancement of cooperative ties between VNA and APS is important and in line with the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Algeria. The APS … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency holds first television festival
Excellent television works are honoured at the Vietnam News Agency's first television festival (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency organised its first television festival on August 18 to mark the 7th anniversary of the first broadcast of the agency’s TV channel – Vnews. Speaking at the event, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency Nguyen Duc Loi underlined that VNews, which specialises in mainstream news, has become one of the main national TV channels. The TV channel has made significant contributions to popularizing accurate and timely information, countering false information, thus serving Party and Government’s leadership as well as meeting information demands of both domestic and foreign audience, he highlighted. Meanwhile, VNews Director Nguyen Thien Thuat stressed that VNews has established a foothold in the country’s … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency’s staff awarded sport insignia
Hanoi (VNA) – Eleven individuals, with some retired, of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and VNA’s Sports & Culture newspaper were presented the insignia “For the Cause of Sport” at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 28. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Vuong Duy Bien handed over the honour to VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi, deputy general directors Nguyen Hoai Duong, Ngo Ha Thai, Le Duy Truyen, and Dinh Dang Quang, Editor-in-chief of the Sports & Culture newspaper Le Xuan Thanh, among others. Speaking at the event, Loi spoke highly of the close cooperation between the VNA and the ministry, saying that this recorded a breakthrough development in recent years. VNA’s news departments and publications have intensified the reporting on activities and achievements of the country’s sport sector, he stressed. Loi also highlighted the strong development of the Sports & Culture newspaper, saying that the unit has diversified its … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency celebrates 64th birthday
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) is determined to develop into a strong national media group and a prestigious news agency in the region, VNA General Director Tran Mai Huong said on the agency’s 64th founding anniversary on Sept. 15. The VNA leader recalled the agency’s history, saying it was the only press unit for which so many journalists - more than 260 - laid down their lives to report the news during the country’s resistance wars for national liberation. VNA was a pioneer in the press reform process, adopting new technologies for information services. Also it was the first press agency to open fire on negative phenomena, said General Director Huong. The VNA leader stressed the need to diversify its scope and content in terms of information, in order to cater to both the local and foreign audiences. On the occasion, he said, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Sept. 14 issued an instruction on strengthening the VNA’s role, and, several days earlier, gave the … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency launches five new services
With the new releases, the agency has strengthened its position as a major multimedia platform in Viet Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo HA NOI (VNS) — The Vietnam News Agency introduced five new services to the public yesterday. The new products are online news graphics, audio news and integrated news and photo services that are available on the agency's website vnanet.vn and the bi-monthly Viet Nam and World Economics magazine, as well as the new bilingual editions of the Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Region Pictorial magazine, including in Vietnamese-Tay, Vietnamese-Xe Dang and Vietnamese-Co Tu. The online news graphics service, launched as a pilot on September 15 last year, covers both domestic and world news in a wide range of fields such as politics, economics, culture and sports, as well as disasters and accidents and consumer prices. The audio news service was tested in late 2014, offering 40 minutes of current affairs and 20 minutes of music at 8pm every day. After the … [Read more...]
Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry holds talks with Vietnam News Agency
HCM CITY (VNS)— Media agencies of Viet Nam and Thailand will have more opportunities to develop in the future, leading to better co-operation between the two countries, the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday during a working visit with Vietnam News Agency in the Southern Region. Nuttavudh Photisaro praised the ongoing co-operation in information exchange between the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Thai Consulate General in HCM City with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in particular. "Vietnam News Agency has played a very important role in providing information about the Thai country and people and has contributed to stronger ties between the two countries. I hope we continue to receive this kind of support from the agency in the future," he said. He said the meeting in HCM City would also help to promote co-operation between the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnamese media, particularly the VNA. At the event, the … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency to strengthen ties with State Audit
HA NOI (VNS)— The State Audit of Viet Nam should continue to create favourable conditions for the Vietnam News Agency and its underlying units to access information in the fastest manner possible in order to communicate news in an effective way. Nguyen Duc Loi, general director of the Vietnam News Agency, made the statement at a conference held to review the implementation of the communications co-operation agreement between the agency and the State Audit during 2009-13 period, and to discuss the two sides' plans for 2013-15. In response, General State Auditor Dinh Tien Dung said the Vietnam News Agency always provided accurate and latest news, contributing to raising public knowledge of auditing. Dung suggested the two sides continue to strengthen co-operation to ensure timely reports on auditing activities and the results of the State Audit's work, helping to increase compliancy of auditing laws among organisations and individuals. The Vietnam News Agency is a key national … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency receives award
DA NANG (VNS)— The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s service in central Da Nang City has been awarded the Labour Order, First Class, to mark the 52nd anniversary of the central Liberation News Agency. The director of the Da Nang based bureau, Ngo Anh Van, personally received the Labour Order, Third Class. In 1959 the first correspondents from the VNA were posted to the central region. The event on Saturday marked the 67th anniversary of the VNA. — VNS … [Read more...]
Vietnam News Agency presents gifts to Agent Orange victims
The VNA delegation has presented gifts to Agent Orange victims in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province.—VNA/VNS Photo Ha Noi—The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has presented gifts to Agent Orange victims in the central province of Quang Tri on the anniversary of the 81 day struggle to defend the ancient citadel, which began on June 28, 1972. The VNA delegation has visited Trieu Phong district to hand over saving books worth VND2 million each to 15 local children. The activity was also held to mark the 65th anniversary of the War Invalids and Fallen Combatants' Day, July 27. With a total of 15,485 victims, Quang Tri province has the fourth largest Agent Orange population in Viet Nam. Earlier this month, the VNA and the Association of Agent Orange Victims in the central province of Ninh Thuan funded the building of a house for the family of Barau Thi Tieu of the Raglai ethnic minority group Tieu made a substantial contribution to Viet Nam's revolution and her son suffers … [Read more...]