A national conference was held in Hanoi on April 3 and 4 to reviewexternal news service and the dissemination of information on thecountry’s seas, islands and border demarcation last year.
The conference emphasised the improvement of the external newsservices in the politic diplomacy, economic diplomacy and culturaldiplomacy and work relating to overseas Vietnamese as well as externalrelations of the Party, diplomacy of the State and people-to-peoplediplomacy.
Media and press agencies have widely provided news ondevelopments and stance, and settlement of complicated situations in theEast Sea by the Party and State, which, the conference said, hashelped creat confidence and consensus among people from all walks oflife.
Many representative agencies aboard have been active indiversifying forms of information dissemination, the conferenceassessed.
Concluding the conference, Dinh The Huynh, Politburomember, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the PartyCentral Committee Commission for Popularisation and Education, said inaddition to achievements, there are weaknesses and shortcomings needingto be dealt with, such as poor and less persuasive information andinappropriate attention paid to news products in foreign languages.
Regardingkey tasks for this year, Huynh, who is also head of the steeringcommittee for external news services, stressed the need to focus onproviding information on the country’s major events and celebrations ofdiplomatic ties between Vietnam and other countries.
It isnecessary to continue expanding external news services and thedissemination of information on the country’s seas, islands and borderdemarcation, improving the effectiveness of overseas news bureaus aswell as promoting cooperation with regional and global news agencies andforeign correspondents in Vietnam , he said.
Besides, it isalso necessary to reject hostile allegations, wrong information andviewpoints distorting the Party and State’s policies and guidelines,particularly on national border sovereignty, East Sea issue and otherissues relating to ethnic groups, democracy and human rights, he added.-VNA
The conference emphasised the improvement of the external newsservices in the politic diplomacy, economic diplomacy and culturaldiplomacy and work relating to overseas Vietnamese as well as externalrelations of the Party, diplomacy of the State and people-to-peoplediplomacy.
Media and press agencies have widely provided news ondevelopments and stance, and settlement of complicated situations in theEast Sea by the Party and State, which, the conference said, hashelped creat confidence and consensus among people from all walks oflife.
Many representative agencies aboard have been active indiversifying forms of information dissemination, the conferenceassessed.
Concluding the conference, Dinh The Huynh, Politburomember, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Head of the PartyCentral Committee Commission for Popularisation and Education, said inaddition to achievements, there are weaknesses and shortcomings needingto be dealt with, such as poor and less persuasive information andinappropriate attention paid to news products in foreign languages.
Regardingkey tasks for this year, Huynh, who is also head of the steeringcommittee for external news services, stressed the need to focus onproviding information on the country’s major events and celebrations ofdiplomatic ties between Vietnam and other countries.
It isnecessary to continue expanding external news services and thedissemination of information on the country’s seas, islands and borderdemarcation, improving the effectiveness of overseas news bureaus aswell as promoting cooperation with regional and global news agencies andforeign correspondents in Vietnam , he said.
Besides, it isalso necessary to reject hostile allegations, wrong information andviewpoints distorting the Party and State’s policies and guidelines,particularly on national border sovereignty, East Sea issue and otherissues relating to ethnic groups, democracy and human rights, he added.-VNA
