Under Decision No. 499, Nhan Dan Newspaper is a public service entity of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee, subject to the direct and regular leadership and direction of the Politburo and the Secretariat.
Nhan Dan Newspaper is the central organ of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and the voice of the Party, State, and people of Viet Nam. It serves as a core force on the Party's political, ideological, and cultural front; a centre for ideological discourse and political commentary; and a media pillar helping shape public awareness and promote sound values. It is the Party's political and ideological standard-bearer in the country's press and cyberspace, a bridge connecting the Party and State with the people, and a leading multimedia and multilingual press and media organisation of the Party and State in print and online journalism.
The newspaper's official English name for international transactions is Nhan Dan Newspaper.
Nhan Dan Newspaper has the following duties and powers:
To formulate and submit to the Politburo and Secretariat its development strategies, long-term, medium-term, and annual programmes and plans, and major projects and proposals; participate in research and the drafting of initiatives on press and media development strategies and planning; and organise implementation following approval by competent authorities.
To disseminate and promote Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought, the Party's viewpoints, guidelines, and resolutions, and the State’s policies and laws; report on major political activities and events of the Party Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat, and key Party and State leaders; publicise and educate the public about Viet Nam's patriotic and revolutionary traditions, culture, and people; and identify, encourage, and replicate emerging positive initiatives, exemplary individuals, and good deeds. To safeguard the Party's ideological foundation; counter erroneous and hostile viewpoints, fake news, misinformation, and harmful content; participate in combating corruption, wastefulness, bureaucracy, misconduct, political and ideological degradation, and deterioration in morality and lifestyle, as well as "self-evolution" and "self-transformation"; and contribute to guiding public opinion and strengthening popular trustandsocial consensus.
To promptly and truthfully reflect people's lives, thoughts, legitimate aspirations, recommendations, experiences, and initiatives; facilitate discussions on issues of public concern; and participate in launching, coordinating, publicising, and encouraging mass movements and activities as assigned by competent authorities, thereby helping promote democracy and strengthen the close tiesbetween the Party, State, and people.
To participate in reviewing practical experience and conducting theoretical research; identify emerging real-world issues; and submit proposals and recommendations to the Party and State to support the formulation, supplementation, and refinement of the Party’s guidelines and resolutions, and the State’s policies and laws.
To organise the production, publication, circulation, transmission, distribution, and archiving of journalistic works, digital content, and multimedia, multiplatform, and multilingual media products; and to decide on and take responsibility for the content of Nhan Dan Newspaper's output in accordance with its principles and purposes, the Party’s regulations, and the State’s laws.
To conduct external information activities in Vietnamese and foreign languages; disseminate the Party's foreign policy guidelines and the State's policies and laws; promote the image of Viet Nam, its people and culture; and establish international cooperation in journalism and communications in accordance with Party regulations and State laws.
To coordinate with the Party's theoretical, research, and strategic advisory bodies; national news agencies, press,and media organisations; and relevant institutions in exchanging information, sharing experts, data, and materials, producing and distributing media products, and implementing major tasks and communications programmes.
To manage and operate the Communist Party of Viet Nam's electronic information portal; integrate, provide, and publish official information; administer data and runinfrastructure; ensure information safety and security; and maintain system connectivity in accordance with the law, the Secretariat's regulations, and assignments by competent authorities.
To conduct research, apply science and technology, and promote innovation and digital transformation; develop, manage, and utilise data; and provide training, capacity building, and human resource development for journalism and communications to meet operational requirements in the digital environment.
To provide journalism, communications, publishing, and advertising services, and organise activities and events consistent with Nhan Dan Newspaper's functions, duties, principles, and purposes, in accordance with the Party’s regulations and the State’s laws.
To fulfil political tasks assigned by competent authorities; implement financial autonomy and special financial mechanisms as approved; and receive state budget funding for such tasks in accordance with regulations.
To manage and use allocated budgets and public assets; decide on investment projects or submit them to competent authorities for approval; and exercise the rights and responsibilities of the state owner's representative foraffiliated enterprises in accordance with Party regulations and State laws.
To manage its organisational structure and job positions for officials, public employees, and other staff; and carry out personnel management, recruitment, training, professional development, commendation, disciplinary measures, and relevant policies and entitlements in accordance with its delegated authority, the Party’s regulations, and the State’s laws.
To advance administrative reform and modernise internal governance; handle complaints and denunciations; and prevent and combat corruption, wastefulness, and misconduct within its authority and in accordance with regulations.
To submit regular and ad hoc information and reports to the Politburo, Secretariat, and competent authorities as prescribed.
To perform other duties assigned by the Politburo and Secretariat and those prescribed by the Party’s regulations and the State’s laws.
Nhan Dan Newspaper's leadership comprises an Editor-in-Chief and no more than four Deputy Editors-in-Chief. Its organisational structure consists of 16 subordinate department-level units and a network of resident bureaux in provinces and cities across the country and overseas. It alsoacts as the owner's representative for Nhan Dan Printing One-Member Limited Liability Company.
Regarding finance and assets, Nhan Dan Newspaper is a first-tier budgetary unit under the central state budget. It manages its resources, implements the financial autonomy mechanism applicable to public service units, and operates under special financial mechanisms as approved. Funding for political tasks assigned by competent authorities is guaranteed by the state budget in accordance with regulations.
The decision takes effect from the date of signing and supersedes Politburo Decision No. 218-QD/TW, dated December 28, 2024, on the functions, duties, and organisational structure of Nhan Dan Newspaper.
