The press circle in general and key press agencies in particularly always accompany the health sector, heard a meeting held in Hanoi on February 24 on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27).
Delegates at a seminar within the programme (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The press circle in generaland key press agencies in particularly always accompany the health sector,heard a meeting held in Hanoi on February 24 on the occasion of VietnameseDoctors’ Day (February 27).
The function was co-organised by Nhan Dan (People)Newspaper, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV), and Vietnam Television (VTV), and the Ministry of Health.
In his opening remarks, Editor-in-chiefof Nhan Dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh, who is also deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commissionfor Information and Education and Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association,extended his best wishes to leaders of the health ministry and medicalfacilities.
He said many reporters worked on the forefront of the combatagainst the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting efforts by doctors during thefight, while many others travelled to remote and natural disaster-hit areas to cover the news relating to health service there.
Minh also emphasised the press’s role in buildingpolicies on health care, and affirmed that Nhan Dan Newspaper, VNA, VOV and VTVwill pay more attention to the communication work on medical activities.
VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang said many healthworkers have inspired journalists, saying there are professors, doctors,pharmacists, managers and village midwives who have braved difficulties and hardships,and even risked their lives to create miracles and bring life and health topeople.
VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Press agencies, particularly major ones, will alwaysaccompany medical forces, and work together with the health sector in seekingsolutions to obstacles, contributing to mobilising the strength of the entiresociety in health care, she continued.
Permanent Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen emphasisedthe role of press agencies in popularising guidelines of the Party, policies ofthe State and strategies of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Preventionand Control in a rapid and accurate fashion.
Notably, Nhan Dan Newspaper, VNA, VOV and VTV proposedand rolled out many communication solutions during the pandemic combat, Tuyen said, expressing his hope that the communication work on health care willbe stepped up in the time ahead.
VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang and Permanent Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen at an exhibition within the programme. (Photo: VNA)
He suggested building close links between the medicalsector and press agencies for the public’s health, and that press agencies andmedia managers should prioritise resources to the communication work in healthcare.
The event featured two seminars, during which delegatesshared their views on the role of grassroots health service and the settlementof post-pandemic issues, among others./.
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Delegates at a seminar within the programme (Photo: VNA) 
VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA) 
VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang and Permanent Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen at an exhibition within the programme. (Photo: VNA) 
