Top legislator visits National Press Festival 2018

ABO/NDO – Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on March 16 visited the National Press Festival 2018, which opened the same day at the Hanoi Museum.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan tours the pavilion of the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) at the National Press Festival 2018. (Photo: VOV)

After her tour of different stalls, the top legislator lauded the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA)’s idea to organise such a diverse and interesting festival, which can help to boost exchanges among press agencies and journalists, whilst attracting public engagement.

She acknowledged the significant contributions of press agencies in promptly covering the country’s political-diplomatic and socio-economic activities as well as international affairs.

Also on March 16, as part of the event, the VJA held a gathering to honour ten 90-year-old journalists, who have joined hands to make Vietnam’s revolutionary press history. They included journalists Phan Quang, Ha Dang, Thai Duy, Dang Minh Phuong, Dao Nguyen Cat, Nguyen Khac Tiep, Pham Phu Bang, Nguyen Tran Thiet, Ly Thi Trung and Vo The Ai.

The Vietnamese revolutionary press made its debut in 1925, witnessing a generation of war reporters who also took part in revolutionary activities since 1945.

Sharing their thoughts at the get-together, journalists Phan Quang and Ha Dang urged young journalists to build on their predecessors’ good traditions and nurture their skills to make quality products meeting demand of readers in the modern age.

On the occasion, the Hanoi Museum screened a documentary film about the 90-years-old journalists.

(Source: NDO)