Kon Tum: Opening of the Spring Newspaper Festival of the Year of the Dragon

On the evening of February 16, in the warm atmosphere of the first day of spring, the Kon Tum Provincial Journalists Association coordinated with the Department of Information and Communications, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the province and relevant agencies to organize the Kon Tum Giap Thin Spring Press Festival 2024 - Experiencing traditional culture at the Kon Tum Provincial Museum.

The 2024 Giap Thin Spring Press Festival is a cultural and spiritual activity for journalists in the province. This is also an opportunity for journalists to meet and exchange with provincial leaders, departments, branches, and localities about the Association's activities and press work.

Ribbon cutting ceremony to open the 2024 Giap Thin Spring Newspaper Festival

Thereby, inspiring creativity, motivating members - journalists to produce more and more quality and vivid press works, contributing more to the development of the locality and the country. The spring newspaper is a very meaningful gift at the beginning of the year, sending to all classes of people a new year with much confidence and prosperity in all areas of life.

The 2024 Giap Thin Spring Newspaper Festival will take place over 4 days (from February 16 to February 19). In particular, this year's Spring Newspaper Festival is associated with the theme of experiencing traditional culture. Through product displays and performance activities, the history of the land, people, revolutionary traditions, cultural values, and traditional crafts of ethnic groups in Kon Tum province will be introduced to a large number of visitors and researchers.

The 2024 Giap Thin Spring Press Festival displays more than 500 newspaper, magazine and special edition publications from nearly 80 central and local press agencies nationwide.

In addition, this year's Spring Newspaper Festival also has booths displaying and introducing OCOP products, typical products, and traditional craft products of ethnic minorities in the province.

Speaking at the ceremony, Ms. Y Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee said: "The 2024 Spring Press Festival - Experiencing traditional culture is a practical activity to celebrate events during the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, highlighting the great achievements and strong development of the provincial press, promoting press products associated with the labor and creative activities of journalists - members; encouraging journalists to strive to perform the functions and tasks of revolutionary journalism...

This is also an opportunity for members of the Provincial Journalists Association, reporters of provincial and central news agencies, newspapers and media located in the area to exchange, interact and learn from each other's experiences to improve their professional skills.

Ms. Y Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee beat the drum to open the festival

At the opening ceremony, the Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee congratulated and commended the results that the province's press and media agencies have achieved in recent times.

Here, the Vice Chairman of the province also requested news agencies, newspapers and media to continue to strive to create high-quality journalistic works; promote and affirm the development of the province; honor journalists; encourage and develop the reading culture of Kon Tum people.

Ms. Y Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee visited the booth displaying special publications of the 2024 Spring Newspaper of VNA stationed in Kon Tum.

Press agencies and journalists in the province need to continue to promote their role as "Shockers on the cultural and ideological front"; as a bridge to propagate the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws, and the province's policies and mechanisms to the people of all ethnic groups.

The Spring Press Festival is an opportunity for journalists to meet and exchange with provincial leaders, departments, branches, and localities about the Association's activities, press work... to inspire creativity and motivate members and journalists to produce more and more quality and vivid press works.

Ms. Y Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Kon Tum Provincial People's Committee suggested: "The Provincial Journalists Association, the provincial press agencies and departments, branches and sectors should pay attention to directing the implementation of propaganda work to the people on current issues, ensuring compliance with the Party's guidelines and policies and the State's laws. At the same time, continue to focus on training a team of journalists with strong political qualities, high qualifications, expertise and clear professional ethics..."

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/kon-tum-khai-mac-hoi-bao-xuan-giap-thin--trai-nghiem-van-hoa-truyen-thong-post284692.html