Nhan Dan Newspaper’s Editor-in-chief receives Indian Ambassador

Nhan Dan Newspaper (People) hopes to foster cooperation with the Indian Embassy in Vietnam, particularly in the field of communications, through exchange programmes and training courses on journalism and foreign languages, Nhan Dan’s Editor-in-chief Le Quoc Minh has said.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 09:09

Nhan Dan Newspaper’s Editor-in-chief Le Quoc Minh (R) receives Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma (Photo: Duy Linh)

Minh, who is a member of the Party Central Committee (PCC) and Deputy Head of the PCC Commission for Communication and Education, made the statement during his reception for Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma at the newspaper’s headquarters in Hanoi on October 12.

The event also saw the participation of Nhan Dan’s Deputy Editor-in-chief Dinh Nhu Hoan along with staff members of the Indian Embassy in Vietnam.

While briefing the guests on Vietnam’s COVID-19 prevention and control, Minh said that, with the determination of the entire political system and the consensus of the people, Vietnam has achieved positive results in the fight against the pandemic.

Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma visits the traditional room of Nhan Dan Newspaper. (Photo: Duy Linh)

He also highlighted the Vietnamese government’s efforts to recover the economy and sustain positive growth this year, through a wide range of measures to maintain production, attract foreign direct investment (FDI), and create favourable conditions for foreign investors and businesses in Vietnam.

Emphasising that India is one of Vietnam's important partners, Minh highly appreciated the Indian Embassy in Vietnam’s support to promote the relationship between the two countries.

He went on to say that as a key press agency of the Vietnamese Party and State, Nhan Dan Newspaper has been active in applied technologies and taken advantages of digital platforms such as Spotify and Tik Tok to reach more readers, especially young people, and popularise the Party’s guideline and State’s policies to the public.

Overview of the reception. (Photo: Duy Linh)

For his part, Ambassador Pranay Verma shared Indian’s solutions to control the pandemic, including stepping up its COVID-19 vaccination programme and boosting home-grown vaccines while preventing disruption in the supply chain.

He expressed his wish that the bilateral trade relations will continue to thrive in the coming time.

As Vietnam and India will celebrate both the 5th anniversary of their bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership and 50th anniversary of their bilateral diplomatic relationship in 2022, Editor-in-chief Le Quoc Minh and Ambassador Pranay Verma agreed to work together to promote mutual understanding between people of the two countries, thus contributing to fostering Vietnam - India relations.