Vietnam News Agency marks Day of Invalids, Martyrs
The State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA) held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 24 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Day of Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Hanoi (VNA) – The State-run Vietnam News Agency(VNA) held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 24 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Day of Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Speaking at the event, member of the Party Central Committeeand VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi said since its establishment onSeptember 15, 1945, the VNA has always been loyal to the Party and people’s revolutionarycause. During the national liberation and construction, the agency’s correspondentsand technicians were present at the most fierce battlefields to cover victoriesof the army and people across the country and expose crimes and plots byenemies.
More than 260 VNA journalists and martyrs lost their livesto the war, which was a great loss but also a pride of the VNA - the firstpress agency awarded the titles of the hero of the people’s armed forces and thelabour hero during the renewal period.
The nation, people and the VNA forever bear in mind the sacrificesof martyrs and invalids for national liberation and the cause of the VNA, Loisaid, adding that the news agency’s Party Committee and leaders always payspecial attention to invalid-martyr work, considering it a responsibility andgratitude for their families.
On the occasion, General Director Nguyen Duc Loi and headsof VNA representative offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang presented 60saving books worth 180 million VND (7,800 USD) to poor martyrs’ families.
Since 1995, the VNA has built 10 gratitude houses, granted600 saving books worth 1.5 billion VND (650,000 USD) to martyrs’ families, and assistedthem in home repair and construction.
The news agency’s “For Agent Orange Pains” Fund presentedthousands of gifts and 110 wheelchairs, and built 50 gratitude houses costingmore than 5 billion VND (217,000 USD) for martyrs’ families. Since 1995, theVNA has contributed over 2 billion VND to the State’s gratitude fund.-VNA
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
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A hub for sharing best practices, the event aims to forge solutions for financial sustainability, public media contracts, audience engagement, content innovation, and newsroom restructuring. It is also a moment for Vietnam’s media to accelerate its progress and figure out what the “revolutionary press” means in a new era.
From “Thanh nien”, Vietnam’s first revolutionary newspaper founded by Nguyen Ai Quoc (later President Ho Chi Minh) on June 21, 1925, the revolutionary press has remained devoted to its sacred missions -accompanying the nation, serving the Fatherland, and working for the people.
At the event (Source: VNA) 
