Various activities to celebrate 95th anniversary of Revolutionary Press Day

Various activities have been held across the nation to mark the 95th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (standing) visits the Nhan Dan Newspaper representative office in Ho Chi Minh City on June 20, 2020. (Photo: ttbc-hcm.gov.vn)
Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan (standing) visits the Nhan Dan Newspaper representative office in Ho Chi Minh City on June 20, 2020. (Photo: ttbc-hcm.gov.vn)

>>> Party and State leaders congratulate press agencies on Revolutionary Press Day

On June 20, Politburo member and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan visited the Nhan Dan Newspaper representative office in the city.

Nhan highly appreciated Nhan Dan Newspaper’s achievements in recent years, including its television channel and other publications, as well as the responsibility and enthusiastic contributions of the newspaper to the city’s development.

On the same day, Assoc. Prof., Dr. Huynh Thanh Dat, the Director of Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City branch, visited the standing office of Nhan Dan Newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City.

On the morning of June 20, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) held a press conference in Hanoi to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day. On the occasion, the union provided some information about its outstanding and focused activities towards the 90th anniversary of the establishment of the VWU (1930-2020).

On the same day, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee launched its new Youth Science Research Magazine. As a publication of Youth Magazine, the first issue of the journal was published on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 2020) and will continue to be published on a monthly basis. On the occasion, the Organising Committee awarded scholarships to poor students who have participated in scientific research works in recent years.

After two years of preparation, the electronic version of Ninh Binh Province’s Newspaper was officially launched on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

The online version of the Ninh Binh Newspaper makes its debut on the occasion of the 95th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day. (Photo: NDO/Le Hong)

On June 20, in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province, the Journalists’ Association of Quang Ninh celebrated the 95th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day and presented the Quang Ninh Press Award 2019 to 75 works.

The same day, Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day and presented the first Hai Trieu Press Award, 2020. As of 2020, the provincial leaders have renamed the Provincial Press Award to the Hai Trieu Press Award. Hai Trieu was the pseudonym of Nguyen Khoa Van, a Vietnamese revolutionary journalist and an elite journalist of Thua Thien Hue. The panel selected 21 works to present the Hai Trieu Press Award.

On June 19 and 20, An Giang Provincial Journalists’ Association organised its 7th Congress, term 2020-2025.

On June 20, at the Book Street in Ho Chi Minh City, the Culture and Arts Publishing House in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists’ Association launched the Ho Chi Minh City Press Award booklet, featuring the winning works of the Ho Chi Minh City Press Prize from 2015-2019.