At the invitation of the Confederation of Thai Journalists (CTJ), a delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) led by Comrade Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, visited Thailand from November 25-29.
On the afternoon of November 25, the delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association had a meeting with the delegation of the CTJ. At the meeting, the two sides discussed strengthening cooperation between the two sides such as training, exchange of journalism in the fields of language, technology, field skills, especially in case of natural disasters, storms and floods as well as discussing the enhancement of cultural and sports exchanges.
At the meeting, comrade Le Quoc Minh agreed with the proposal of the Thai side to send delegations of reporters to exchange journalism skills between the two countries; he said that VJA is ready to diversify cooperation between the two sides, for example, in addition to professional activities, the two sides can exchange sports delegations of female journalists, young journalists as well as veteran journalists, and this can become a model in the relationship between press agencies in the region.
Comrade Le Quoc Minh said that in 2025, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day, VJA will invite a number of Thai journalist delegations to visit, work and participate in friendly sports exchanges.
The two sides have agreed on the policy of increasing the exchange of sports delegations and each side will send a contact point to agree on sending sports delegations of the two associations to compete with each other. In the immediate future, football and sepak takraw exchanges may be considered in Hanoi as well as in some localities of Vietnam.
On behalf of the Thailand, Ms. Norrinee Ruangnoo, First Vice President of CTJ, highly appreciated the proposals of VJA because it would create a very interesting playground for the press of the two countries and hoped that it would become an annual activity. The Thai side said that next year, it is ready to welcome Vietnamese reporters to Thai language training and hopes that Vietnam will also invite Thai reporters to Vietnamese language training in Hanoi.
Meanwhile, Mr. Chavarong Limpattamapanee, senior advisor of CTJ, reviewed the recent cooperation process between CTJ and VJA in the context of both being members of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) to achieve high efficiency in cooperation.
Mr. Chavarong Limpattamapanee said that the two sides also discussed the exchange of sports delegations including reporters between the two countries during CTJ's visit to Vietnam last year, especially in indoor football. The Thai side is urgently completing the organization of football teams as well as other sports.
Mr. Chavarong Limpattamapanee said that if there is false information about Vietnam in Thailand, CTJ is ready to receive feedback from Vietnamese press agencies stationed in Thailand such as Nhan Dan Newspaper, Voice of Vietnam Radio, Vietnam News Agency, thereby investigating and providing accurate information.
Previously, on the afternoon of November 25, during a working session with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the participation of a number of CTJ leaders, comrade Le Quoc Minh thanked the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs for their warm welcome; affirmed that VJA attaches importance to the relationship with Thai media agencies as well as with CTJ, especially the annual delegation exchanges between VJA and CTJ.
Comrade Le Quoc Minh gave an overview of VJA; said that Vietnam has 45,000 people working in the field of journalism, including 25,000 members of the Journalists Association and next year, Vietnam will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.
Comrade Le Quoc Minh emphasized that, like in other countries, Vietnamese media is facing many challenges as well as opportunities when every day in the world, about 7 billion pieces of information are posted on social networking sites and there are many cases of information interference.
People only need smart devices to be able to quickly post information online, including a lot of inaccurate information and they are also less responsible for incorrect information. Therefore, official press agencies must adapt quickly and appropriately to both post information quickly and accurately so that society can receive the right issues, especially to deal with fake news, contributing to creating a clean and standardized information environment.
Comrade Le Quoc Minh said that he is ready to cooperate more deeply with the Thai press as well as through cooperation with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs; he believes that it is necessary to strengthen cooperation and learn from each other about experiences and lessons between countries, which will make the press develop and believes that some newspapers in Thailand such as Bangkok Post, Thairat, Matichon are very professional in providing information.
At the meeting, Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Russ Jalichandra was pleased to welcome the delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association to visit and work; affirmed that the relationship between the two countries is increasingly developing well and friendly; affirmed that the people of the two countries have a long-standing relationship, especially that there are many Vietnamese people living in Thailand.
Deputy Minister Russ Jalichandra said that the role of the media is very important today and the forms of media have changed a lot. People do not need to have extensive knowledge of journalism but can still disseminate information to society through social platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. and there has been misleading information at the national level. Therefore, media cooperation between countries plays an increasingly important role in the current situation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand supports and will provide the highest support for the cooperation between VJA and Thai media agencies to develop in scale and depth. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand also said that recently, it has coordinated with official press agencies of a number of countries to increase the dissemination of official information to eliminate misunderstandings caused by previous inaccurate information, helping the public understand the issue accurately.
As planned, tomorrow, November 26, the delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association will have working sessions with the Mass Media Corporation of Thailand (MCOT), Matichon Newspaper Group and The Standard Newspaper.
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