The mission of the press is to serve the people, to serve the revolution.

At the 2022 National Press Awards Ceremony held on the night of June 21, 2023, President Vo Van Thuong reiterated the words of beloved Uncle Ho about the mission of the Vietnamese revolutionary press, which is: "The mission of the press is to serve the people, serve the revolution...".

Mission of journalism

President Vo Van Thuong affirmed that the press is a reliable and pioneering force of the Party and State, taking the lead on all ideological and cultural fronts, making important contributions to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland and building the spiritual foundation of society. The press always accompanies the entire Party, people and army in the recovery and development of the economy and society.

President Vo Van Thuong speaks at the ceremony.

The President noted that in the coming time, with many great tasks requiring political determination and greater efforts to realize the aspirations and visions for national development in the new period, the Vietnamese revolutionary press will have increasingly heavy tasks, greater honors and responsibilities, requiring journalists and press agencies to make greater efforts to be worthy of the people's trust and meet the requirements: "Building a professional, humane and modern press and media". Therefore, press agencies and journalists must have a high sense of responsibility to the Party, the State and the people, to readers, for the mission they undertake. 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 duty of the press is to serve the people, to serve the revolution" as President Ho Chi Minh once advised.

On the basis of steadfastness in the ideals and noble values of journalism, adherence to basic principles, preservation of core values, professional ideals, pure and humane professional ethics, upholding social responsibility, constantly being creative, providing timely, accurate, objective, truthful, useful and trustworthy information to the Party, State and people. The President hopes that the team of journalists will continue to demonstrate their mettle, dedication, take the lead in major issues, new issues, and difficult issues of the country, closely following the vivid reality of social life, of the cause of innovation, building and defending the Fatherland, promptly and vividly reflecting the great and historical achievements 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, promoting the role of the press in monitoring and social criticism. Accompanying the government, businesses, people... in finding solutions to solve problems arising in practice. Attracting the active participation of citizens in building a socialist rule-of-law state, building institutions, formulating policies, legal documents, performing the role of supervising the power and performance of public duties of officials and civil servants in the administrative apparatus...

Must be the flagship

According to the President, the press must be the leading flag, 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 revolutionary press must resolutely fight to contribute to eliminating what still hinders, restrains and harms the country's development process. In the context of increasingly diverse and multi-dimensional information, many new and 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 cultivating people's trust. The press continues to be an important weapon in the fight against corruption, waste, negativity, bureaucracy, and social evils. At all times, the press must identify itself as a component part 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 written and every press product.

President Vo Van Thuong and Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia presented the A prize to the authors and representatives of the author groups.

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.

Faced with the rapid development of science and technology, fierce competition from other information platforms and changes in the public's information reception behavior, the President hopes that each journalist must 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 the public's attention.

The President believes that with the tradition of loyalty to the Party, attachment to the nation and people, the team of Vietnamese journalists today will grow stronger and stronger, constantly improving their political qualities, professional capacity, and professional ethics, successfully fulfilling their noble mission, being the vanguard force on the ideological and cultural front of the Party, worthy of the trust and expectations of the Party, the State, and the people.

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