Methodical, determined, persistent

"Tighten discipline" with Regulations

He emphasized: "If the press wants to do well, each press agency itself must be disciplined and exemplary in implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, especially the Press Law and its guiding documents." Therefore, to create "discipline" in the press agency, journalist Nguyen Van Thang said that the important thing is to build and perfect a set of regulations to manage and operate the editorial office in the direction of expanding democracy, while tightening discipline and order, especially in managing representative offices; linking Party building with building a strong agency; building a cultural environment in the press agency, including a culture of sharing and empathy. At the same time, ensuring stable income for employees, helping reporters and employees have a favorable environment to be creative, contribute and implement a reward mechanism for the right people, the right job, etc.

For example, in 2023, BVPL Newspaper will continue to amend, supplement, and issue new regulations and rules to manage and operate the editorial office in the direction of promoting creativity, cohesion between affiliated units and each member of the Newspaper, creating a mechanism for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers to voluntarily comply with the provisions of the law, regulations and rules of the People's Procuracy, and BVPL Newspaper; at the same time, tighten labor discipline and press discipline.

Reporters of the Law Protection Newspaper work at a conference organized by the Supreme People's Procuracy.

Editor-in-Chief Nguyen Van Thang added: From 2018 to now, since the Supreme People's Procuracy's leadership completed the new leadership, BVPL Newspaper has revised, supplemented, and issued 14 new regulations and rules to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the entire unit's operations... so the activities of BVPL Newspaper have gradually become more organized.

Thereby, overcoming the situation from 7 years ago when there were officials and reporters who requested nearly 200 letters of introduction in 1 year, but the summary of work results was very little; there were no investigative stories against negativity and corruption deployed from hundreds of letters of introduction from reporters in 1 year.

“Now, the situation is different, thanks to the strict and specific set of rules and regulations, the activities of BVPL Newspaper have maintained the principle of “going to report on work, coming back to report on achievements”; most reporters only receive about 10 letters of introduction to the grassroots in a year, but still excellently complete their professional tasks, including doing well in investigative stories against negative manifestations and corruption” – Mr. Nguyen Van Thang shared.

Affirming that, in recent years, implementing the policies of the Party, the State and the People's Procuracy, the BVPL Newspaper - the mouthpiece of the Supreme People's Procuracy has done a good job of informing and propagating anti-corruption. In particular, there has been strong direction, with many breakthrough solutions, achieving many outstanding achievements in propaganda work in general, and propaganda against corruption in particular. On average, each year, the Print Newspaper, the BVPL Electronic Newspaper and the People's Procuracy Television Programs have published about 25,000 news, articles and video clips.

Of which, the number of news and articles promoting the Procuracy and legal dissemination and education accounts for nearly 60%. Particularly, the number of news and articles promoting the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity is on average more than 1,000 news, articles, video clips, etc. each year.

In addition, BVPL Newspaper proactively follows the directives, programs, and work plans of the Supreme People's Procuracy, reporting deeply and comprehensively on the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity in the Procuracy sector. BVPL Newspaper focuses on timely and objective reporting on serious corruption and economic cases; cases and cases monitored and directed by the Central Steering Committee on preventing and combating corruption and negativity, ensuring political and legal factors, contributing to orienting public opinion. Every year, after the Party Committee of BVPL Newspaper issues a Resolution on key tasks of the year, the Editorial Board develops a program and plan to implement the Resolution.

In particular, focusing on leading and directing the implementation of investigative articles in response to readers' petitions "fighting against negative manifestations and corruption in society" in accordance with the principles and purposes. Accordingly, BVPL Newspaper has selected topics and assigned tasks to party members and reporters with political will, journalistic skills and good moral qualities to investigate cases with signs of corruption and negativity. In particular, the core is the "Judicial Reporters Group" established by the Editor-in-Chief to propagate and reflect on cases and cases monitored, directed and handled by the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption and Negativity, and at the same time verify information from collaborators and readers on anti-corruption and negativity topics.

With a methodical and practical implementation, in 2023, BVPL Newspaper actively participated and was honored to win many high prizes in the National Press Awards and national press awards. In particular, it won the A Prize, B Prize, and Encouragement Prize of the 4th National Press Award on Anti-Corruption and Negativity; B Prize - the 1st Dien Hong Press Award; and C Prize and Encouragement Prize of the 17th National Press Award.

Respect readers, be a solid support for reporters to work

Sharing his experience at the unit, journalist Nguyen Van Thang said: Of the 6 major journalism awards won in 2023, there were 3 series of articles in the investigative genre and all 3 series had clear results. It is from the information published in BVPL Newspaper that local prosecution agencies have been able to refer to, use, investigate and initiate cases, and prosecute defendants who have violated the law.

In particular, the 4-part series "The case of violating regulations on forest exploitation and protection in Gia Lai" won the B prize of the 4th National Press Award for preventing and combating negativity. From the source of BVPL Newspaper, the prosecution agencies of Gia Lai province initiated a case, prosecuting 5 defendants for the crime of "Violating regulations on forest exploitation and protection and forest products" according to Article 23 of the Penal Code. Similarly, a work in the investigative genre won the Encouragement Prize of the 17th National Press Award with a 5-part series: "Magic" in purchasing teaching and learning equipment in Ha Tinh. This case was then prosecuted by the Investigation Agency in coordination with the Procuracy, prosecuting 3 defendants for the crime of "Violating regulations on bidding causing serious consequences" .

In the same investigative genre, the 5-part series reflecting the "Natural forest destruction case in Bac Kan " by BVPL Newspaper won the A Prize of the 4th National Journalism Award for preventing and combating corruption and negativity. When reporters entered the base, they were threatened and obstructed. When they got the documents on the way back, the subjects chased the reporters in their cars to "bribe" them . However, with the forged courage, along with the direction and orientation of the Editorial Board, despite a lot of pressure and impact, the 5-part series reflecting the large-scale natural forest destruction case with sophisticated tricks in Bac Kan province was published. Immediately after that, the prosecution agency of Bac Kan province initiated the case based on the information and proposal of BVPL Newspaper. Currently, the case is continuing to be investigated in accordance with the provisions of law.

Mr. Nguyen Van Thang - Editor-in-Chief of Law Protection Newspaper.

The investigative articles against corruption and negativity, especially information about negative manifestations and corruption of some agencies, units and enterprises published in the publications of BVPL Newspaper have attracted great attention from readers. Many cases with signs of negativity and corruption posted on BVPL Online Newspaper have had hundreds of thousands of views and shares in just a few hours, creating a great social impact.

Because of the attention and supervision of readers and also from the operating criteria of BVPL Newspaper which is "Honesty, objectivity, humanity, courage" , in 2023 and the past 5 years, at BVPL Newspaper, there has been no phenomenon of "posting in the morning, meeting at noon, removing in the afternoon"... "Not removing articles when the incident reported in the article is honest, objective, and accurate. This is respect for readers, appreciation for the efforts of cadres and reporters, and the prestige and courage of the leaders of BVPL Newspaper. The Editorial Board of BVPL Newspaper has been and is a solid support, creating trust and inspiration for reporters to devote themselves to investigating topics against corruption and negativity" - the Editor-in-Chief emphasized.

Journalist Nguyen Van Thang also specifically affirmed that, among all solutions, the most important solution is that the Newspaper's leadership must be united, have a high sense of responsibility, a desire for innovation and dedication; the heads of Party committees, agencies, and each unit must be exemplary leaders in implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws, the propaganda orientation of the press management and direction agencies, the regulations and rules of the governing agency and the Newspaper's regulations...

Ha Van (Written)

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