Information dissemination for overseas Vietnamese to be enhanced
VOV.VN - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has been the spearhead in effectively spreading information among overseas Vietnamese (OVs), and VOV, as the national broadcaster, should continue to make breakthroughs in this regard.
Luong Thanh Nghi, deputy head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV), made the statement at a SCOV working session with the VOV leadership in Hanoi on July 24.
Nghi noted that the number of OVs abroad has now expanded to 5.3 million who are residing in 130 countries and territories globally, including 300,000 students and 600,000 guestworkers.
With the OV community growing in large numbers abroad, they should be kept up to date with the Party and State’s policy and national information in an effort to prevent them from being susceptible to sabotage activities by hostile forces, said Nghi, adding that VOV has done a good job on this front.
Deputy Foreign Minister and SCOV head Dang Minh Khoi singled out VOV for disseminating information targeted at OVs through its specialized channels such as VOV5 and VTC10 over the years. He suggested the national broadcaster increase the quality of its programmes to cater to the diverse taste of the audience overseas, taking into account learning from foreign experience.
Nguyen The Ky, VOV President, briefed participants on VOV’s history and developments over the past 75 years, saying the dissemination of information for OVs has become an indispensable part of VOV’s development strategy.
He went on to say that VOV is currently a leading multimedia agency that has developed a network of representative bureaus in key regions globally. It regularly broadcasts shows in a variety of different foreign languages, a factor which greatly contributes to spreading information among the Vietnamese community abroad.
VOV President Ky and Deputy Minister Khoi both underlined the importance of teaching Vietnamese to OV children abroad, pointing out a number of difficulties in carrying out the task, including compiling textbooks and designing lessons suitable for the children.
The Deputy Minister therefore proposed that VOV collaborate closely with the SCOV and other businesses to implement the project, with lessons to be taught online in the first phase.