The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Academy of Journalism andCommunications (AJC) jointly organised a conference on the role ofinformation provided by the media in the country’s leadership andmanagement during the process of renovation and internationalintegration.
Opinions of managers, leaders fromvarious State agencies and researchers and scientists heard during theconference will serve as a reference for a national research in thisregard conducted by the VNA.
According to formerDeputy Minister of Information and Communication Do Quy Doan, theresearch study is significant in determining the direction of Vietnam’sjournalism and the responsibility of managing agencies in providinginformation to the media.
Meanwhile, Professor Dr.Duong Xuan Ngoc, former Vice Director of the AJC, held that informationis a source of soft power of a nation, essential in assisting leadershipand managing activities.
More than 30 speechesdelivered at the conference showed that journalism, an increasinglysignificant component of the country’s socio-political life, has beenfacing both opportunities and challenges, especially after Vietnamentered the World Trade Organisation and as it is integrating deeplyinto the global life.
Participants also highlightedthe need to complete legal systems for and State management overjournalism to serve the establishment of a socialist law-governed State.
They analysed the advantages and difficultiesresulting from the influence of information globalisation on the mediain Vietnam as well as impacts from booming social media.
They also contributed ideas on theory systems and study measures to implement the research.-VNA
Opinions of managers, leaders fromvarious State agencies and researchers and scientists heard during theconference will serve as a reference for a national research in thisregard conducted by the VNA.
According to formerDeputy Minister of Information and Communication Do Quy Doan, theresearch study is significant in determining the direction of Vietnam’sjournalism and the responsibility of managing agencies in providinginformation to the media.
Meanwhile, Professor Dr.Duong Xuan Ngoc, former Vice Director of the AJC, held that informationis a source of soft power of a nation, essential in assisting leadershipand managing activities.
More than 30 speechesdelivered at the conference showed that journalism, an increasinglysignificant component of the country’s socio-political life, has beenfacing both opportunities and challenges, especially after Vietnamentered the World Trade Organisation and as it is integrating deeplyinto the global life.
Participants also highlightedthe need to complete legal systems for and State management overjournalism to serve the establishment of a socialist law-governed State.
They analysed the advantages and difficultiesresulting from the influence of information globalisation on the mediain Vietnam as well as impacts from booming social media.
They also contributed ideas on theory systems and study measures to implement the research.-VNA
