The request was made by Deputy Chief of the General Department of Political Affairs (GDP) Senior Lieutenant General Do Can during a visit to the newspaper on January 27 prior to the lunar New Year.
The GDP’s deputy chief said that in the short-term, the newspaper should focus on carrying out tasks during the lunar New Year, firmly upholding the political orientation, operating in line with political guidelines and law, and minimizing errors.
At the meeting with PAN’s representatives, GDP’s Deputy Chief was briefed on the newspaper’s task accomplishment in 2021 and its preparation for the upcoming lunar New Year.
According to PAN’s Editor-in-chief Major General Doan Xuan Bo, last year the military press agency undertook and comprehensively completed assigned missions, especially political tasks. In addition, its personnel always stayed united and promoted creativeness in their task performance.
Apart from regular missions, the newspaper sent its reporters to pandemic hotbeds in Hai Duong and Bac Giang provinces and Ho Chi Minh City to cover forces’ efforts and outcomes in the pandemic fight.
In the year, its reporters won many prestigious press awards, including six National Press Awards and three Golden Hammer and Sickle Awards.
Evaluating the PAN’s task accomplishment, the GDP’s deputy chief stressed that the PAN excellently fulfilled assigned missions, continuing affirming the prestige of a top newspaper of the Party, State, military, and people. He added that the newspaper firmly upheld political orientation and guidelines and truthfully and vividly covered all aspects of social life and military and defense activities.
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Senior Lieutenant General Do Can (third from the left) and members of PAN's editorial board |
General Can also highlighted the newspaper’s efforts in combating wrongful allegations of the hostile forces and in popularizing simple but noble examples on its publications. He highly appreciated the PAN’s reporters for braving all difficulties and hardships to fulfill assigned missions.
As the lunar New Year is around the corner, the GDP’s deputy chief wished the PAN’s cadres, reporters, editors, troops, defense workers, and their families health, safety, and happiness.
The same day, Senior Lieutenant General Do Can visited the Political Department, the Department of Logistics, the Military Arts and Literature Magazine, the People's Army Cinema, and the People's Army Publishing House, among others.
Translated by Tran Hoai