Deputy PM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has a working session with the Việt Nam Journalists’ Association, Hà Nội, September 23, 2009 - Photo: VGP |
Deputy PM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân made the statement at his working visit to the VJA this morning in Hà Nội.
Now, the VJA has some 17,000 members (an increase of 4,000 against the figure of 2005). Annually, it provides its members with hundreds of training professional courses.
The Association is drastically planning a journalism training center in Cầu Giấy District. The VND 102-billion project is scheduled to be put into operation in 2011.
Deputy PM Nguyễn Thiện Nhân reiterated that the Government continues offering special care to the development of the VJA, hoping that the VJA would further promote their role and position in the society.
The VJA needs to find ways to improve journalists’ capacity, and design standards for Vietnamese journalists, Deputy PM Nhân said.
The Deputy PM also asked the Association to shake hands with competent to highlight the role of press agencies in the cause of national construction and development.
By Hải Minh