National press festival looks forward to unity, professionalism, modernity and humanity

The 2022 National Press Festival officially opens at the Hanoi Museum on April 13, displaying a large number of publications from centrally- and locally-run press agencies.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the 2022 National Press Festival
The ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the 2022 National Press Festival

The festival is jointly held by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) and the Hanoi People’s Committee, in collaboration with the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The opening ceremony for the festival drew the participation of the Secretary of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Head of the PCC’s Commission for Communications and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia; Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan; and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Head of the PCC’s Commission for Communications and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) Le Quoc Minh attended the opening ceremony of the festival.

Party and State leaders, along with other delegates, at the 2022 National Press Festival.

An art performance at the opening ceremony for the festival

The VJA's Chairman Le Quoc Minh speaks at the opening ceremony for the 2022 National Press Festival.

Head of the PCC’s Commission for Communications and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia addresses the opening ceremony for the festival.

Head of the PCC’s Commission for Communications and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia beats the drum to open the festival.

Party and State leaders and other delegates visit the pavilions at the festival.

The delegates visit the exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the journal “Le Paria”.

The delegates visit the pavilion of Nhan Dan Newspaper.

Head of the PCC’s Commission for Communications and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, the VJA's Chairman Le Quoc Minh and other delegates take a photo at the pavilion of Nhan Dan Newspaper.

Foreign readers visit the pavilion of Nhan Dan Newspaper.

The VJA’s Chairman Le Quoc Minh visits the pavilion of Nhan Dan Newspaper at the Youth Camp themed “Creative Youths”, celebrating the National Press Festival and Youth Union congresses at all levels.

The VJA’s Chairman Le Quoc Minh takes a photo with a large number of youth unions’ members from press agencies and students joining the youth camp.

Translated by NDO