Media agencies should stand active in information activities and makemore contributions to generating a social consensus in both thought andaction, meeting the requirements of the national renewal.
Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party CentralCommittee and head of its Commission for Popularisation and Education,made the suggestion at a national media conference on January 14 inHanoi to define the sector’s tasks in 2014.
Hesaid that journalists need to update all new features of the moderncommunications environment to make changes in mindset and adapt to theopen information atmosphere.
Media agencies should be active in controlling the information battlefield to set orientation for public opinion, he said.
Regarding major tasks for 2014, Huynh said specific plans and aroadmap should be outlined with priority given to key and urgent tasks.
According to a report heard at the event, in 2013,media activities faced many difficulties and challenges. However, thesector had a strong performance and showed political responsibilities.
Particularly, the media positively popularised aresolution adopted during the fourth plenum of the Party CentralCommittee (11 th tenure) on Party building and Directive 03 of thePolitburo stepping up the campaign “studying and following the moralexample of President Ho Chi Minh”, while helping honour outstandingindividuals in national patriotic movements.
Themedia sector made significant contributions to affirming nationalsovereignty and territorial integrity, and highlighting Vietnam ’sdesire and efforts in maintaining an environment of peace and stabilityas well as clarifying the Party and State’s external policies, said thereport.
Press agencies also promoted the image ofVietnam and introduced the traditions and cultural identity of thenation to international friends, it added.
Theyplayed an important role in fighting corruption, wastefulness and othernegative phenomena, while rejecting wrongful allegations by politicalopportunists and hostile forces, contributing to bettering the Party andState apparatus and consolidating people’s trust in the system andrenewal cause.
However, the report also pointed outthe shortcomings of the media, such as the violations of principles andincreasing commercialisation in some agencies.
Meanwhile, slow press planning led to waste of resources. Thecoordination among management agencies and ministries, sectors andlocalities in the supply of information to the media remained poor andasynchronous, the report said.
Participants at theevent also made proposals on a number of solutions to renovate andenhance the quality and efficiency of communications, while exchangingexperience in a wide range of issues.
They alsoagreed on basic measures to implement key tasks in 2014 and followingyears. Accordingly, the sector will continue focusing on popularisingthe implementation of resolutions of the Party Central Committee and thePolitburo, especially the realisation of the amended Constitution,while designing plans to reflect in an accurate and timely manner theopinions of people on the resolutions.
Participantsalso shared the opinion that in 2014, the media should focus on updatingimportant national events and effectively popularising issues relatedto the national sea and islands, and external relations, thus ensuringnational independence and maintaining a peaceful and stable environmentto boost development.
The media will help increasesocial security and order as well as enhance the efficiency of externalrelations in the current development period, they said.
The conference was jointly organised by the Party Central Committee’sCommission for Popularisation and Education, the Ministry of Informationand Communications, and the Vietnam Journalists Association.-VNA
Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party CentralCommittee and head of its Commission for Popularisation and Education,made the suggestion at a national media conference on January 14 inHanoi to define the sector’s tasks in 2014.
Hesaid that journalists need to update all new features of the moderncommunications environment to make changes in mindset and adapt to theopen information atmosphere.
Media agencies should be active in controlling the information battlefield to set orientation for public opinion, he said.
Regarding major tasks for 2014, Huynh said specific plans and aroadmap should be outlined with priority given to key and urgent tasks.
According to a report heard at the event, in 2013,media activities faced many difficulties and challenges. However, thesector had a strong performance and showed political responsibilities.
Particularly, the media positively popularised aresolution adopted during the fourth plenum of the Party CentralCommittee (11 th tenure) on Party building and Directive 03 of thePolitburo stepping up the campaign “studying and following the moralexample of President Ho Chi Minh”, while helping honour outstandingindividuals in national patriotic movements.
Themedia sector made significant contributions to affirming nationalsovereignty and territorial integrity, and highlighting Vietnam ’sdesire and efforts in maintaining an environment of peace and stabilityas well as clarifying the Party and State’s external policies, said thereport.
Press agencies also promoted the image ofVietnam and introduced the traditions and cultural identity of thenation to international friends, it added.
Theyplayed an important role in fighting corruption, wastefulness and othernegative phenomena, while rejecting wrongful allegations by politicalopportunists and hostile forces, contributing to bettering the Party andState apparatus and consolidating people’s trust in the system andrenewal cause.
However, the report also pointed outthe shortcomings of the media, such as the violations of principles andincreasing commercialisation in some agencies.
Meanwhile, slow press planning led to waste of resources. Thecoordination among management agencies and ministries, sectors andlocalities in the supply of information to the media remained poor andasynchronous, the report said.
Participants at theevent also made proposals on a number of solutions to renovate andenhance the quality and efficiency of communications, while exchangingexperience in a wide range of issues.
They alsoagreed on basic measures to implement key tasks in 2014 and followingyears. Accordingly, the sector will continue focusing on popularisingthe implementation of resolutions of the Party Central Committee and thePolitburo, especially the realisation of the amended Constitution,while designing plans to reflect in an accurate and timely manner theopinions of people on the resolutions.
Participantsalso shared the opinion that in 2014, the media should focus on updatingimportant national events and effectively popularising issues relatedto the national sea and islands, and external relations, thus ensuringnational independence and maintaining a peaceful and stable environmentto boost development.
The media will help increasesocial security and order as well as enhance the efficiency of externalrelations in the current development period, they said.
The conference was jointly organised by the Party Central Committee’sCommission for Popularisation and Education, the Ministry of Informationand Communications, and the Vietnam Journalists Association.-VNA
