Through historical periods, the collective of cadres, reporters, editors, and technicians of Tuyen Quang Newspaper always determined that tradition is the foundation for the sustainable development of Tuyen Quang Newspaper. Looking back at each stage, we can see the clear mark of inheritance and creative continuation of journalism achievements from generation to generation.
Provincial leaders and delegates visit the exhibition booth at the 2025 Spring Newspaper Festival.
Tuyen Quang Newspaper published its first issue on the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam, February 3, 1965 (the newspaper consisted of 4 pages, small size 27 x 39cm, published once every Wednesday).
In April 1976, Tuyen Quang Newspaper merged with Ha Giang Newspaper and took the name Ha Tuyen Newspaper. In 1983, when the war at the northern border was at its hottest, under the direction of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Ha Tuyen Newspaper published an additional Ha Tuyen Front Newsletter (4 pages, size 23 x 34cm), with one issue issued each week and widely distributed on the border front.
In October 1991, Ha Tuyen province was divided into two provinces. Tuyen Quang province was re-established and the newspaper was re-named Tuyen Quang Newspaper.
On March 22, 1996, Tuyen Quang Newspaper began publishing the photo news sheet Tuyen Quang Highlands.
In May 2020, to improve the quality of propaganda work in an in-depth manner and increase readers' appeal to printed newspapers, Tuyen Quang Newspaper published the first Weekend issue.
Thus, from publishing 1 issue/week consisting of 4 pages, up to now, the regular printed newspaper consists of 12 pages, published 4 issues/week. The printed newspaper currently has 3 publications (regular printed newspaper, Weekend newspaper, Tuyen Quang Highland News and Photos), with a circulation of 4,000 to 6,000 copies/issue.
During the past 60 years, along with the task of information and propaganda, the newspaper continued to maintain community-oriented activities. In the 1990s, the newspaper organized sports tournaments under the name of Tuyen Quang Newspaper such as the annual Table Tennis Tournament and Boat Racing Tournament on the Lo River, and at the same time coordinated with businesses to organize activities to support poor students overcoming difficulties in the province.
Provincial leaders and delegates visit Tuyen Quang Newspaper online.
Promoting that tradition, from 2015 to present, the Newspaper continues to strengthen coordination with units and enterprises to carry out social and charitable work. In 2024, mobilize support to build 5 charity houses worth nearly 1 billion VND. Mobilize support of over 1.8 billion VND (goods worth 1.2 billion VND and nearly 700 million VND in cash) to help households in the province affected by storm No. 3. Since 2021, Tuyen Quang Newspaper has opened the column "Humanitarian Bridge" in print and electronic newspapers, providing information about cases in difficult circumstances that need the community's help. Up to now, 70 cases have been helped, with a total amount of over 6.2 billion VND.
Catch up with development trends
Keeping up with the development trend, at the end of 2006, the newspaper built the Tuyen Quang Electronic Newspaper Project. On June 16, 2007, the Tuyen Quang Electronic Newspaper website was officially launched and put into operation. On October 23, 2018, Tuyen Quang Electronic Newspaper was officially licensed by the Ministry of Information and Communications to operate as an electronic newspaper. One year later, in June 2019, the English version of Tuyen Quang Electronic Newspaper was also launched, creating an additional effective propaganda channel to introduce the land and people of Tuyen Quang to the world.
Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Le Thi Kim Dung presented the Excellent Collective Award to Tuyen Quang Newspaper, the Political Contest on protecting the ideological foundation of the Tuyen Quang Provincial Party in 2024.
Faced with the development trend of modern journalism, since 2020, the Editorial Board has set a goal of digital transformation, multimedia journalism, and multi-platform publishing. However, human resources, facilities, and equipment of print media agencies are among the difficulties. With the determination to innovate, the Newspaper has not waited for financial investment, taken advantage of the advantages of technology, invited experts to transfer modern journalism techniques for development. Thanks to that, the Newspaper has produced live television programs with costs and human resources only 1/5 compared to TV stations. The Newspaper has also produced television reports, documentaries, television talk shows, and organized events - jobs that have never been done before.
Up to now, Tuyen Quang Newspaper has gathered all types of print, television, podcast, organized modern forms of propaganda such as media, info on electronic newspapers, propaganda on social networking platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Tiktok, Zalo, Instagagram. Tuyen Quang Newspaper online fanpage and Tuyen Quang Newspaper Tiktok channel have achieved blue tick, in the Top 10 social networking channels with the highest number of followers among local Party newspapers.
In 2024, the Newspaper has posted QR codes for Tuyen Quang Newspaper and all of its social media platforms to all villages, hamlets, and crowded places in the whole province. This not only spreads information widely to the people but also contributes to building and developing a reading culture that is somewhat fading today.
With rapid and timely transformation, in 2023, Tuyen Quang Newspaper was in the Top 10 local press agencies in digital transformation. In 2024, it was ranked well in digital transformation of the press.
Journalist Duc Hoa (VTV) guides live television broadcasting for Tuyen Quang Newspaper.
Focus on both content and technology
Throughout its development, Tuyen Quang Newspaper has identified content as the backbone and core element for development. Therefore, along with the development of multimedia and multi-platform journalism, information content on printed newspapers, electronic newspapers and social networking platforms is always polished in terms of content while still ensuring timeliness.
The printed newspaper has been strongly innovated in the direction of specialization and in-depth, organizing many special topics, reports, series of articles... on the basis of maximizing the advantages in analysis and commentary. In particular, the Tuyen Quang Weekend Newspaper has focused on building thematic issues, both addressing social issues and having literary qualities, contributing to "softening" the local Party newspaper which was considered dry, thereby increasing its appeal to readers.
Paying attention to content, the Newspaper also focuses on using new technology and artificial intelligence in producing press products. Although the equipment is still outdated, the Newspaper has taken advantage of available equipment such as video cameras and smartphones to produce multimedia press works to widely distribute content on digital platforms to reach a wide audience, changing the way it approaches readers. With that approach, the Newspaper saves maximum costs and human resources compared to the traditional way. The Newspaper's audience has changed from only including party cell secretaries, neighborhood leaders, and prestigious people; now it is more diverse, including all classes of people. Therefore, information reaches the public faster and more widely, helping the Newspaper better perform its role of bringing official information to guide and lead public opinion.
People of Lam Binh district learn about publications of Tuyen Quang Newspaper.
Currently, on average, each year the newspaper produces 30-40 live television programs of major events in the province. In 2023, Tuyen Quang was entrusted by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association to broadcast live the International Journalism Conference "Management of digital press offices - Theory, practice, experience in the ASEAN region" held in Hanoi. Tuyen Quang newspaper also helped colleagues in Bac Kan and Lang Son organize live television programs.
Currently, 100% of professional staff of Tuyen Quang Newspaper (reporters, editors) have university degrees or higher (of which, over 90% are bachelors and masters of journalism); 100% of staff and reporters are proficient in applying information technology in professional activities; over 90% of staff and reporters are party members with intermediate and advanced political theory qualifications.
The noble awards from the Party and the State (First, Second, Third Class Labor Medals; Emulation Flags of the Government) and many Central and local press awards that Tuyen Quang Newspaper has achieved are worthy rewards for the contributions to the profession of generations of journalists of Tuyen Quang Newspaper. This is a great motivation for today's generation to continue the glorious historical tradition, to build Tuyen Quang Newspaper increasingly stronger, worthy of being a special "army" on the ideological and cultural front.
Source: https://baotuyenquang.com.vn/doi-moi-sang-tao-chuyen-nghiep-nhan-van-207117.html
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