PANO – On June 24th, the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) and the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region signed a cooperation agreement on information dissemination, public information orientation and journalists training and management in Can Tho city.

Present at the signing ceremony were VJA Chairman Thuan Huu and Son Minh Thang, permanent deputy head of the committee.

The signing ceremony

Under the agreement, the two sides will promote development of journalism, seek permission to establish a media training centre, coordinate with each other on public information orientation and information dissemination on Mekong Delta’s issues and events, and hold press award contests in the region.

On the occasion, the VJA launched the Press Award Contest on the Mekong Delta 2016.

Translated by Hong Thanh