Defense minister congratulates PAN on occasion of Press Day

At the meeting, PAN Editor-in-Chief Major General Doan Xuan Bo, briefed the defense minister on the newspaper’s history of development.

Major General Doan Xuan Bo welcomes General Phan Van Giang to the newspaper.

Major General Doan Xuan Bo introduces major commanding staff of the PAN to the defense minister.

Accordingly, after nearly 72 years since its establishment, the newspaper has increasingly developed with remarkable achievements and well performed its task on disseminating information about the country’s and militaries’ events. General Bo underlined that the PAN has promptly reflected the Party’s guidelines and State’s policies and become a forum for the armed forces and people during the national construction and defense cause.

General Phan Van Giang watches several photos of PAN reporters.

He noted that the PAN’s troops have always remembered and implemented Uncle Ho’s teachings, maintained the mission of the newspaper, actively renewed contents and forms, provided timely and accurate information on activities of the armed forces, the local and central agencies, contributing to building a firm whole-people defense posture and a elite, regular, revolutionary and increasingly modern military.

General Giang and delegates watch a video clip about the PAN’s development.

Major General Doan Xuan Bo proposed several issues concerning the newspaper, including the agency’s development towards a multimedia press agency.

General Giang addresses the event.

Major General Doan Xuan Bo reports the newspaper’s task performance to General Phan Van Giang.

Addressing the event, General Phan Van Giang congratulated the PAN on its achievements over the past time and extended best wishes to PAN reporters and employees on the occasion of the 97th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

General Giang presents flowers to the PAN’s leadership.

General Giang in a joint photo with PAN leaders and reporters

He spoke highly of the newspaper’s significant development over the past years while asking the newspaper to develop foreign language versions in the time to come, contributing to popularizing the images of Uncle Ho’s soldiers to the world.

Translated by Trung Thanh