In Pictures: Nhan Dan Newspaper hosts New-Year press conference 2026
An annual press conference marking the beginning of the lunar new year was held at Nhan Dan Newspaper headquarters in Ha Noi on February 24.
Attending the conference were members of the Party Central Committee: Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication, Education and Mass Mobilisation, and Chairman of the Viet Nam Journalists Association; Duong Trung Y, Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Review; and Nguyen Thanh Lam, Director-General of Viet Nam Television. Also present were Phan Xuan Thuy, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication, Education and Mass Mobilisation; Vu Viet Trang, Director-General of the Viet Nam News Agency; and Ho An Phong, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Delegates attending New-Year press conference. Editor-in-chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh speaks at the event. Tong Van Thanh, Head of the Press and Publishing Department under the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication, Education and Mass Mobilisation, presents a report on press activities during the Lunar New Year Festival 2026. Ho An Phong, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, offers his assessment of the press from the perspective of state management.
Pham Thu Hang, Acting Head of the Press and Information Department and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provides information on external affairs activities and international media assessments of Viet Nam. Phan Xuan Thuy, Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication, Education and Mass Mobilisation, delivers the closing remarks at the conference. An art performance at the conference. Representatives of leading central and Ha Noi-based press agencies, ministries, sectors and mass organisations, governing bodies of press institutions, along with many veteran journalists, attend the conference.
Journalist Ha Dang, former Member of the Party Central Committee, former National Assembly deputy during the 8th and 9th tenures, former Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Ideology and Culture, former Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper and former Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Review, share his reflections at the conference. Associate Professor, Dr Nguyen Hong Vinh – former Member of the Party Central Committee and former Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper – delivers remarks at the conference. Associate Professor, Dr Nguyen The Ky - Vice Chairman of the Central Council for Literary and Artistic Theory and Criticism, delivers remarks at the conference. Journalist Phung Cong Suong, Editor-in-Chief of Tien Phong Newspaper, delivers remarks at the conference. Le Thi Thuy Sen, Editor-in-Chief of Thoi bao Ngan hang (Banking Times), delivers remarks at the conference.
Nguyen Thanh Loi, Deputy Director-General of Ha Noi Press and Radio–Television Agency, speaks at the conference.
A delegation comprising incumbent and former leaders of the Party and the State, together with representatives of central ministries and agencies and Ha Noi city, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh on the morning of February 3, on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (February 3, 1930 –2026).