Will seek to resolve in a substantive manner, addressing the recommendations

(CLO) Continuing the working program, on the afternoon of November 4, the delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association led by Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi - Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association had a working session with Phu Yen province on the situation and results of the work of the provincial Journalists Association in particular and press activities in the province in general.

The Provincial Journalists Association has only 02 positions.

Reporting on the activities of the Phu Yen Journalists Association from the beginning of the 6th term (2020 - 2025) to the present, comrade Pham Doan Anh Kiet - Vice President in charge of the Phu Yen Journalists Association said that with a term of 5 years, up to now, the Phu Yen Journalists Association has gone through 6 Congresses, has 145 members, 05 Journalists Associations and 2 affiliated Journalists Clubs.

Over the past years, with the attention, leadership, direction and facilitation of the Vietnam Journalists Association, the Provincial Party Committee, the People's Council, the People's Committee of Phu Yen province and the coordination of relevant departments and branches, the Provincial Journalists Association has had many practical activities, effectively contributing to the general movement of the Vietnam Journalists Association and the provincial press activities.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists picture 1 — Working scene.

However, Mr. Pham Doan Anh Kiet clearly stated the difficult situation of the Association in personnel work when the Provincial Journalists Association agency by October 2024 only had 02 officers and civil servants, 01 on the payroll, 01 on contract.

“Compared to the needs of the Association’s work tasks, with the current 2 staff, it is very difficult to organize and manage the Association’s activities. To meet the work needs, there must be an Association leader and specialized departments. Specifically, we recommend that the provincial leaders add 4 more staff or people working at the Association - with salaries, with the titles of Chief of the Association’s Office, Specialist in professional work and Association work, Secretary, Treasurer, Archivist…” , said Mr. Kiet.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists image 2 — Comrade Pham Doan Anh Kiet - Executive Vice President of Phu Yen Journalists Association reported on the Association's activities.

In addition, the Vice Chairman in charge of the Provincial Journalists Association also requested Phu Yen province to give the policy and provide funding to build the Journalists Association's website according to Plan 177 of the province and Official Dispatch 198/CV-HNBVN of the Vietnam Journalists Association, in order to integrate and share information online to serve the leadership, direction, and operation, meeting the requirements of innovation in press management, supervising the implementation of the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws on press information; supervising the performance of civic duties and social responsibilities of journalists, giving opinions on the direction and management of press activities... At the same time, the Provincial Department of Information and Communications supports the server infrastructure to store the Association's website.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists, picture 3 — Comrade Vu Thi Ha - Head of the Association's Working Committee, Vietnam Journalists Association shared at the meeting.

At the meeting, leaders of units under the Vietnam Journalists Association highly appreciated the results achieved by the Phu Yen Journalists Association. In which, comrade Vu Thi Ha - Head of the Association's Working Committee, Vietnam Journalists Association emphasized the efforts to overcome many difficulties, in 2023, the Phu Yen Journalists Association was honored to receive the Emulation Flag - the highest title among the awards of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

Regarding the proposal to provide funding for the construction of an electronic information page of the Provincial Journalists Association, comrade Vu Thi Ha said that it is an urgent need because the electronic information page is a tool that directly serves the leadership, direction and operation work to meet the needs of the press in the new situation and at the same time supervise the implementation of the Party's policies and the State's policies.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists, picture 4 — Comrade Phan Toan Thang - Chief of Office of Vietnam Journalists Association at the meeting.

Comrade Phan Toan Thang - Chief of Office of Vietnam Journalists Association cited a number of newly issued legal documents regulating the staffing of Association organizations.

"We hope that local leaders will pay more attention to removing difficulties and obstacles in the staffing of the Phu Yen Journalists Association. The Central Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association will accompany the locality in supporting human resources for the provincial Journalists Association," he affirmed.

Upgrading the position of the Journalists Association

At the meeting, comrade Le Tan Ho - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee acknowledged the important role of press agencies in discovering both typical examples and violations, helping the province to resolve issues promptly.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists, picture 5 — Comrade Le Tan Ho - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of Phu Yen Provincial People's Committee with very dedicated sharing.

Comrade Le Tan Ho emphasized the need to upgrade the Provincial Journalists Association to work together and better implement the propaganda work of information content and key socio-economic goals of the province. Mr. Ho frankly acknowledged that for a long time there was a gap between the government and the press, and the relationship was tense. The province has clearly overcome challenges, broken down barriers, and from there, press activities associated with the government are very close in politics and socio-economics.

According to him, in recent times, the team of journalists in the province has participated in many national and ministerial press awards, creating an exciting atmosphere and a vibrant emulation movement in working and producing high-quality press works.

"Phu Yen organizes a press conference every quarter to discuss the information reported by the press, from which the province assigns the relevant agencies to handle it, avoids backlogs and makes the information transparent. To do that, the Provincial Journalists Association plays a big role," said Mr. Ho.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists, picture 6 — Vietnam Journalists Association delegation.

Regarding the recommendations of the Journalists Association, the Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that he would direct relevant departments and agencies to find practical solutions so that these recommendations would not just be at the conference, and would not be just empty recommendations.

Concluding the meeting, comrade Nguyen Duc Loi - Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association shared that, following the grassroots-oriented viewpoint, the Vietnam Journalists Association has recently organized many working delegations in localities to have an overview of the picture of press activities nationwide and at all levels of the Association nationwide, thereby having a basis to report to the Secretariat and the Central Propaganda Department to resolve financial, human resources, budgetary issues, etc.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists, picture 7 — Comrade Nguyen Duc Loi - Permanent Vice President of Vietnam Journalists Association delivered concluding remarks.

He highly appreciated the performance of the Phu Yen Journalists Association, becoming one of the provincial Journalists Associations with outstanding performance, actively and effectively participating in the common tasks of the Vietnam Journalists Association. "This shows the great attention of the leaders of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and local departments and branches to the activities of the Provincial Journalists Association", said comrade Nguyen Duc Loi.

According to the Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, 2025 marks major events such as the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day and the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam Journalists Association. He suggested that the Phu Yen Journalists Association plan to organize events in the province as well as actively participate in the common activities of the Central Association.

will find ways to solve the problems of finance, human resources and budget for local journalists, picture 8 — Leaders of Vietnam Journalists Association presented gifts to Phu Yen Province.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Loi acknowledged that in order to receive attention and attract investment from provincial leaders, the Phu Yen Journalists Association needs to affirm its role, become an effective tool in supporting propaganda work on political, socio-economic tasks, increase membership recruitment, and become a common home for local journalists.

At the same time, the Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association emphasized the work of educating political ideology for journalists in the province, promoting and educating journalistic ethics, reviewing the implementation of the movement "Building a cultural environment in press agencies and journalistic culture"...

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