The event was attended by Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Vo Van Thuong, and Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia.

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Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Vo Van Thuong addresses the conference.

In addition, there were over 400 delegates, who are leaders of the municipal and provincial Party committees, the commissions for information and education from all provinces and cities nationwide, and representatives of the central and local ministries and sectors.

Addressing the event, Mr. Vo Van Thuong required all Party newspapers to clearly understand their roles in the building and regulation of the Party and political system, contributing to supporting the leadership of the Party organizations in implementing higher levels’ guidelines and policies on socio-economic development and security-defense maintenance.

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Mr. Vo Van Thuong (center) in a joint photo with delegates at the event

He noted that the Party newspapers should not only reflect all aspects of the real situations or serving the readers’ information needs but also encourage them to contribute to the national construction and development cause. On the other hand, the newspapers should promote the truth, accuracy, and public orientation in their press works, he added.

The official also noted that leaders of the Party’s press agencies should renew their mindset, promote their political responsibility in implement the assigned tasks, build qualified groups of journalists to meet task requirements in the current context.

Translated by Trung Thanh