Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Affairs Nguyen Trong Nghia attended and directed the Conference. Also attending were representatives of leaders of central and local departments, ministries, branches and a number of news agencies and newspapers.
Delegates attending the Conference on summarizing foreign information work. Photo: Thu Minh
According to the work report presented in the form of a video clip at the conference, in 2023, the world situation continues to evolve rapidly, complicatedly, and unpredictably; the country faces many great difficulties and challenges. In that context, with the attention and close direction of the Politburo and the Secretariat; the active coordination and implementation of tasks by central and local ministries, branches, and sectors; and the efforts of the entire force, the work of foreign information, propaganda on seas, islands, demarcation, marker planting, and land border management has achieved many positive results, fulfilling the set goals and requirements, effectively contributing to the overall socio-economic development achievements of the whole country in 2023 and the first half of the term of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.
Over the past year, the work of consulting, leading, directing and orienting information has been carried out proactively and promptly; the coordination between agencies and units has become increasingly close and synchronous; the implementation of tasks in practice has had many innovations and creativity in content and form, bringing high efficiency.
Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, delivered a speech directing the conference. Photo: Thu Minh
The key contents that are persistently propagated and communicated abroad are the Party's policies and guidelines in all fields, socio-economic development achievements in 2023 as well as the half-term implementation of the 13th National Party Congress resolution; history, tradition, image of the country, people, culture, values, and noble thoughts of the Vietnamese people.
Speaking at the conference, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia highly appreciated the results of foreign information work, propaganda on seas, islands and borders in 2023 as well as the first half of the term of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress; commended the entire force for being proactive, creative, and making efforts to overcome both subjective and objective difficulties to successfully complete the task.
From the results achieved in the past year and during the half-term of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia pointed out some experiences that need to be drawn, which are: Ensuring unified and consistent leadership and direction from the Central to local levels, from provincial to district and commune levels; synchronous and timely deployment of the entire force.
Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia (6th from left) and Comrade Phan Xuan Thuy, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department (7th from left) presented Certificates of Merit to representatives of collectives with outstanding achievements in foreign information work; propaganda on seas and islands and demarcation, marker planting, and land border management in 2023. Photo: Thu Minh
Along with that, upholding the spirit of solidarity, unanimity from top to bottom; closely coordinating, smoothly and thoroughly in implementing tasks; mobilizing the participation of the entire political system and the whole society, in which, affirming the important and pioneering role of the press and media force, especially the key foreign press agencies; promoting the role and responsibility of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, City Party Committee, steering committees on foreign information, borders, seas and islands from the Central to local levels.
Emphasizing that 2024 will still face many difficulties and challenges, the Head of the Central Propaganda Department said that with its high openness, Vietnam's economy is greatly affected by all fluctuations in the world situation; hostile and reactionary forces continue to strengthen their sabotage with increasingly sophisticated and complicated tricks; international information and public opinion are still sometimes and in some places negative about Vietnam. However, with the enhanced position and prestige of the Party and the country, and Vietnam's increasingly important role in the foreign policies of many countries, Vietnam will have many favorable opportunities to better carry out foreign propaganda and information work.
Regarding the direction and tasks of work in 2024, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia suggested spreading and taking advantage of the important foreign affairs results that have been achieved, turning foreign affairs results into socio-economic development results; protecting independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; building a peaceful, friendly, stable, and cooperative border area; and building a peaceful, safe, and stable East Sea.
Comrade Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Secretary of the Party Delegation, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association (7th from left) and Comrade Tran Thanh Lam, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department (6th from left) presented Certificates of Merit to representatives of collectives with outstanding achievements in foreign information work; propaganda on seas and islands and demarcation, marker planting, and land border management in 2023. Photo: Thu Minh
At the same time, promptly put into practice the guiding viewpoints, tasks and solutions of Conclusion No. 57-KL/TW dated June 15, 2023 of the Politburo on continuing to improve the quality and effectiveness of external information work in the new situation; maximize the spirit of proactiveness, creativity and flexibility in implementation methods to achieve the highest efficiency.
The Head of the Central Propaganda Department suggested that the content of foreign propaganda and information must be comprehensive, complete, focused, and key. The methods of foreign propaganda and information must continue to be innovated in a modern direction, keeping up with international communication trends; effectively utilizing existing resources, actively seeking, and flexibly increasing resources to implement tasks.
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