The press must be the vanguard, connecting and mobilizing resources.

Tonight (June 21, 2023), at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labor Cultural Palace (Hanoi), the 17th National Press Awards ceremony - 2022 took place. Mr. Vo Van Thuong - Politburo member, President attended and delivered an important speech at the ceremony.

The president of the country, often the press, is only the one who can connect and mobilize resources. Figure 1 — President Vo Van Thuong speaks at the ceremony. Photo: Quang Hung

Journalists have analyzed, interpreted, and sought solutions to important socio-economic issues.

Speaking at the ceremony, President Vo Van Thuong stated: In 2022, in the context of many difficulties and challenges after the COVID-19 pandemic, the international situation is increasingly complicated, volatile and unpredictable, the press has accompanied the entire Party, the entire people, the entire army, in the recovery and development of the socio-economy. With their intelligence, passion for the country and serious work, journalists have analyzed, interpreted, and sought solutions to important socio-economic issues, issues of public concern; vividly reflecting the country and people of Vietnam, who are friendly, peace-loving, and want to be friends and reliable partners with international friends.

According to the President, the team of journalists has left many marks, being more responsive in the fight against corruption and negativity; sharper in protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against erroneous and hostile views; protecting the sovereignty of seas and islands, protecting the environment, responding to climate change; preserving and promoting national cultural identity, educating human values and human dignity; promoting digital transformation in all fields...

"The press has discovered, introduced, encouraged, and spread many new, typical, advanced factors, good practices, creative models, good people, good deeds, and actively fought against bad habits, vices, and signs of moral and lifestyle degradation...", Mr. Vo Van Thuong stated.

The president of the country, the press, is just a mouthpiece to connect and mobilize resources. Image 2 — President Vo Van Thuong stated that the team of journalists has left many impressions and is more responsive in the fight against corruption and negativity. Photo: Quang Hung.

President Vo Van Thuong expressed his delight that the National Press Awards are receiving more and more attention and participation from the press and public.

"I highly appreciate the works that won the Award this year, which have continued to affirm the revolutionary, scientific, acumen, creativity, noble professional ideals and tireless dedication of journalists. The journalistic works have been invested seriously and elaborately, with many creative, vivid and attractive ways of expression for the public, clearly demonstrating the capacity for digital transformation and journalistic innovation. Many journalistic works are exploratory, highly combative, sharp, scientifically critical, propose practical solutions, provide positive information, have the power to spread, move and inspire strongly in society," the President emphasized.

The press needs to work with the government, businesses, and people to solve practical problems.

In the coming time, President Vo Van Thuong requested that press agencies and journalists, first of all, must have a high sense of responsibility towards the Party, the State, the people, and readers, for the mission they shoulder.

According to the President, journalists must always be deeply aware that "doing journalism is doing revolution, journalists are pioneers on the ideological and cultural front of the Party", "the task of journalism is to serve the people, serve the revolution" as President Ho Chi Minh once advised. On the basis of steadfastness with the ideals and noble values of journalism, adhering to the basic principles, preserving the core values, professional ideals, pure and humane professional ethics, upholding social responsibility, constantly being creative, providing timely, accurate, objective, truthful, useful and reliable information to the Party, the State and the people.

The president of the country, often the press, is only the one who can connect and mobilize resources. Figure 3 — President Vo Van Thuong and Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia presented A prizes to the A prize winners. Photo: Quang Hung.

Second, the President requested the team of journalists to continue to demonstrate their mettle, dedication, and take the lead in major, new, and difficult issues of the country, closely following the vivid realities of social life, of the cause of innovation, of building and defending the Fatherland, and promptly and vividly reflecting the great achievements of historical significance that the country has achieved under the leadership of the Party. Propagating the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, providing useful information, raising people's knowledge, expanding social democracy, and promoting the role of the press in monitoring and social criticism.

The President requested the press to accompany the government, businesses, and people in finding solutions to address practical issues. Attracting the active participation of citizens in building a socialist rule-of-law state, building institutions, formulating policies and legal documents, and performing the role of supervising the power and performance of public duties by officials and civil servants in the administrative apparatus.

Third, the President emphasized the need for the press to be the vanguard, connecting and mobilizing resources, including the intelligence, sense of responsibility and the dynamic, creative and dedicated inspiration of the entire people; nurturing, inspiring and encouraging the aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country, the will to overcome difficulties and challenges and optimism and belief in the bright future of the nation; building and promoting the great national unity bloc, creating a strong driving force for development.

The president of the country, often the press, is only the one who can connect and mobilize resources. Figure 4 — President Vo Van Thuong and delegates at the award ceremony. Photo: Quang Hung.

Fourth , resolutely fight to contribute to eliminating what still hinders, restrains, and harms the country's development process.

"In the context of increasingly diverse, multi-dimensional information, many new, unverified issues, false information, and plots to take advantage of freedom and democracy to go against the values and goals that revolutionary journalism has been striving for, the press needs to be proactive, sensitive, detect and forecast issues, firmly protect the Party's ideological foundation, sharply fight against false and hostile arguments, and contribute to consolidating and fostering people's trust. The press continues to be an important weapon in the fight against corruption, negativity, bureaucracy, waste, and social evils," Mr. Vo Van Thuong requested.

Fifth, the press is a component of culture, a leading force in building and developing Vietnamese culture and the Vietnamese people. Each journalist and each press agency must be a typical example, representing culture, a cultural agency, a cultural environment with cultured people, preserving the dignity, pride and self-respect of journalism, overcoming temptations and challenges, putting the interests of the Party, the Fatherland, the people and personal honor on every page, every press product.

Continue to discover and praise typical factors, positive highlights, spread good values, affirm the dignity, soul, mettle, and intelligence of the Vietnamese people, and orient society towards the values of truth, goodness, and beauty. Through the media bridge, enhance the prestige and position of Vietnam, open up opportunities to selectively absorb the quintessence of human culture to enrich the national cultural identity, and strengthen the friendship between the Vietnamese people and progressive, peace-loving people and friends around the world.

Sixth , in the face of the rapid development of science and technology, fierce competition from other information platforms and changes in public information access behavior, the President requires every journalist to constantly self-study, self-research, proactively integrate internationally, innovate strongly, practice professionally, provide quality, reliable and convincing information on traditional platforms and especially digital technology platforms, to be able to attract, maintain the trust and respect of the public, conquer and capture public attention.

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