Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung gave the assessment at a meeting to review information and cultural activities during 2010, the year that Vietnam is the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

He praised media, including the Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television, Radio The Voice of Vietnam, the Nhan Dan and Quan Doi Nhan Dan newspapers for their diverse and wide-ranging coverage of all ASEAN-related events and Vietnam’s participation in the association.

In addition to dissemination, the country also held many cultural and art activities, exhibitions, exchanges and contests on the sidelines of those events, effectively promoting the image of Vietnam, especially the country as ASEAN Chair, to international friends.

Trung added that regional and international media carried out tens of thousands of articles on ASEAN’s activities throughout the year.