Spring Press Festival wraps up

The Spring Press Festival 2015 reflected the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s fresh development and its closeness to the Party and people, Dinh The Huynh, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Education and Communications Commission affirmed at the festival’s closing ceremony in Hanoi on February 10.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Education and Communications Commission Dinh The Huynh (centre) and leaders of the VJA visit display booths at the festival. (Image credit: Nhan Dan)

Huynh, who is Politburo member and Party Central Committee Secretary, stated that the media has reported on the vivid physical changes in the country, introducing to the world the joint, active efforts during the ongoing renewal process as well as the nation-building and defense.

He expressed hopes that the press agencies and journalists nationwide would build on the traditions of the Vietnamese revolutionary press to contribute to the successes of the Party congresses at all levels in 2015 in the run-up to the 12th National Party Congress.

Earlier that day, Nguyen Thien Nhan, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee and Politburo member, visited the festival and toured the booths.

Nhan stated that the media brings people accurate information relating to national development without delay while reflecting people’s feedback and aspirations to the Party and State. The Vietnam Fatherland Front has always relied on the press to relay its voice to people and vice versa.

On February 7, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong beat a drum to open the Spring Press Festival 2015, the largest of its kind so far with the participation of 65 media agencies.

At 120 booths were publications, including Spring and Lunar New Year editions, presenting an overall view of the history of Vietnam’s revolutionary press, the country’s socio-economic achievements, and the State laws and Party policies and guidelines.

The festival was to coincide with the 85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3), the 125th birthday of the late President Ho Chi Minh (May 19), the 70th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2), and the 40th anniversary of southern liberation and national unification.

The media is to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) and the 90th anniversary of the Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day, towards the 10th Congress of the association.

The event was co-hosted by the VJA, which initiated the festival in 1991, the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Education and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the municipal People’s Committee.

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)