National press festival gets underway in Hanoi

The three-day event is being co-chaired by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) and the Hanoi People’s Committee in co-ordination with the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

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Present at the festival’s opening ceremony are Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, as well as a host of other leaders.

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Do Tien Sy (R), president of Voice of Vietnam (VOV), attends the event.

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Le Quoc Minh, chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA), believes the function will allow journalists from across the country meet up and exchange their vast experience.

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Delegates cut the ribbon to open the 2023 national press festival.

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The view of the VOV booth

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Party and State leaders visit the VOV booth.

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Leaders take a tour of the Vietnam News Agency’s booth.

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President Do Tien Sy and VOV staff

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The biggest festival in the press circle brings together 63 journalists’ associations from the country's cities and provinces, along with 60 central and local press agencies. The occasion sees a total of 87 booths displaying outstanding publications.