Expanding cooperation between the Vietnam Journalists Association, press and media agencies and Singapore

On behalf of the leadership, staff and employees of Nhan Dan Newspaper, comrade Le Quoc Minh expressed his pleasure to welcome and thank Ambassador Jaya Ratnam and members of the delegation for visiting the editorial office.

Briefly introducing Nhan Dan Newspaper to the Singaporean Ambassador, comrade Le Quoc Minh said that with its long history, Nhan Dan Newspaper is one of the main multimedia press agencies of the Vietnamese press, with a variety of genres from print to television, electronic newspapers, podcast news...

Expanding cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore media association photo 1 — Comrade Le Quoc Minh received Singaporean Ambassador Jaya Ratnam who visited and worked at Nhan Dan Newspaper. Photo: Nhan Dan Newspaper

In addition to the Vietnamese version, Nhan Dan Newspaper's news on the electronic platform also has foreign language versions: English, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. In addition, Nhan Dan Newspaper also has six permanent offices located abroad, along with a network of permanent agencies in localities across the country.

“Aware of its position and role as one of the country’s key and important press agencies, Nhan Dan Newspaper has made efforts to develop and apply modern journalism technologies. Over the past two years, we have strongly implemented digital transformation of journalism, being one of the leading units in applying new presentation forms and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), data journalism…”, Editor-in-Chief Le Quoc Minh shared.

Comrade Le Quoc Minh said that Vietnamese press and media agencies and Nhan Dan Newspaper are focusing on comprehensive solutions to deal with the problem of fake news, including strengthening coordination with social networking platforms to find solutions to prevent the spread of fake news. The task of press and media agencies is to maintain good relations with readers, identify accurate sources of information, and at the same time play a leading role in guiding readers to official, correct and accurate sources of information.

Comrade Le Quoc Minh said that the Vietnamese press is currently developing very dynamically, with a variety of professional and modern journalism technologies being applied in journalism. At the same time, domestic press and media agencies, including Nhan Dan Newspaper, have been promoting international cooperation in this field.

Comrade Le Quoc Minh expressed his wish to further promote cooperation with Singapore and ASEAN countries in general in this field, through organizing seminars, contacts, or cooperation in skills training, languages, etc.

Expanding cooperation between Vietnam and Singapore media association of journalists image 2 — Comrade Le Quoc Minh presented a souvenir to Singaporean Ambassador Jaya Ratnam. Photo: Nhan Dan Newspaper

As Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association , comrade Le Quoc Minh also hopes that the Singaporean press management agency will expand contacts with Vietnamese journalist associations, press and media agencies to propose more specific cooperation plans.

For his part, Ambassador Jaya Ratnam expressed his gratitude to journalist Le Quoc Minh and the leaders and staff of Nhan Dan Newspaper for taking the time to welcome the delegation. He expressed his honor to visit and work at Nhan Dan Newspaper headquarters in Hanoi .

The Singaporean Ambassador also thanked Nhan Dan Newspaper for supporting the Embassy as well as Singaporean agencies and businesses operating in Vietnam in promoting the good cooperation between the two sides in politics , economics, diplomacy, culture... and especially the media.

Affirming that the role of key national press agencies such as Nhan Dan Newspaper is very important in developing the country's press, Ambassador Jaya Ratnam also expressed his desire to promote the potential for cooperation between the two sides in the field of press and media, especially in solutions to promote digital transformation of press, through which the two sides will learn from each other and share experiences in this field.

The Singaporean Ambassador also suggested some directions for press cooperation in the coming time, including expanding cooperation and short-term exchange of journalism students between the two sides.

In addition, Mr. Jaya Ratnam also expressed his hope that Nhan Dan Newspaper would support and contribute to further promoting cooperation between the two countries in other potential areas, such as trade, infrastructure development, climate change response, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and transition to a green economy.

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