Talk show 'Color of Memory' pays tribute to martyr journalists

The event was held on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2024), towards the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2025).

The seminar attracted hundreds of journalists from press agencies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Central and Hanoi press.

According to the Organizing Committee, the memorial program to pay tribute to martyr journalists will be held for the first time in 2024 and will become an annual activity in the following years, because this is a meaningful activity of the current generation of journalists towards journalists who sacrificed for national independence and for the revolutionary journalism of Vietnam.

Journalist Le Quoc Trung, former General Director of Vietnam News Agency, former Vice President of Vietnam Journalists Association, highly appreciated the idea of ​​organizing the program, expressing his hope for the connection and promotion of the Associations in practical activities, towards 100 years of Vietnam Revolutionary Press.

With the theme "Color of Memory", the program is a deep gratitude of today's generation to the journalists - martyrs; at the same time, it sends a meaningful message to today's generation of writers.

Mr. Phan Van Dong, brother of martyr journalist Phan Tu Ky (1947-1972) represented the family to tell about memories and feelings for his relative who heroically sacrificed in 1972 in Quang Tri.

Besides admiration and infinite sorrow, generations of journalists present in the auditorium also felt proud and grateful for the contributions and sacrifices of previous generations of journalists.

Journalist Ho Quang Loi, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, former Editor-in-Chief of the Hanoi Moi Newspaper, Vice President of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association spoke at the seminar.

Another famous speaker is journalist Tran Van Hien, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper, Vice President of Nghe An Journalists Association, who has spent more than 15 years searching for graves and identifying the identities of 512 colleagues who are martyrs. He is also a poet loved by many readers, with the famous poem "Please don't call me an anonymous martyr".

Director of the Vietnam Press Museum Tran Thi Kim Hoa (left) receives two books donated by journalist Tran Van Hien (middle) to the Museum.

According to Director of the Vietnam Press Museum Tran Thi Kim Hoa, since its inception, the Museum has received great support and encouragement from journalists, journalists' families, journalists' associations at all levels, press agencies and many press audiences across the country. Each artifact and document received is inherently a valuable spiritual asset preserved in agencies, units, and in personal collections, officially handed over to the Vietnam Press Museum to preserve and spread to the future.

Also within the framework of the program, delegates and guests visited the Vietnam Journalism Museum, the heritage home of generations of journalists, where over 35,000 documents and artifacts from different periods of Vietnamese journalism over the past century are preserved and displayed.

A prominent artifact at the Museum is a giant loudspeaker once placed on the Ben Hai River (Quang Tri), broadcasting news and cultural programs... between the two sides of the 17th parallel during the fight to liberate the South and unify the country.

The space recreates the historical period of "Underground Journalism" of Nhan Dan Newspaper during the Dien Bien Phu in the Air campaign in 1970.

According to nhandan.vn

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