Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and theArmenpress News Agency of Armenia signed a cooperation agreement viavideo conferencing on November 14, marking the official collaboration in specialisedactivities between the two national news agencies.

VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang said the agreement providesthe basis for them to officially exchange news in different forms and carry outother cooperation projects matching each side’s demand and capacity.

Sheexpressed her belief that the two news agencies will better fulfill theirduties of introducing the countries and people of Vietnam and Armenia, andcovering events of public concern in both countries as well as emerging issuesin the region and the world. This will help enhance mutual understanding betweenthe two peoples and promote exchanges, traditional friendship, andmultifaceted cooperation between the countries.

TheVNA has been developing diverse forms of news to publish on multiple platformswhile gradually applying artificial intelligence to reduce manpower and costand step up data journalism based on the rich source of data it has stored fornearly eight decades, she went on.

She said that as Armenpress is strongly developing multimedianews such as videos and podcasts, the VNA wishes to learn from experiencesshared the Armenian side, which was established in 1918, as they will be veryuseful for the VNA during the digital transformation process.

The official noted as prestigious news agencies, their cooperation willcontribute to the substantive, practical, and effective growth of the Vietnam -Armenia relations. She considered the agreement, signed in the presence ofArmenian Ambassador Vahram Kazhoyan, as an important milestone in the expansionof multifaceted ties.

On this occasion, Trang thanked the ambassador and the embassy of Armenia forhelping strengthen the two news agencies’ connections, adding that the VNA hopesfor the ambassador and the embassy’s effective coordination in the agreementimplementation.

Speakingvia video conferencing, Armenpress Director Narine Nazaryan also viewed the deal signingas an important contribution to the Armenia - Vietnam ties, and said the cooperationis highly meaningful in the era of technological development, as today's news is without borders.

Forhis part, Armenian Ambassador to Vietnam Vahram Kazhoyan affirmed that the 20th century became a demonstration of the friendship between the two countries, with then PresidentHo Chi Minh’s visit to Armenia from July 21 to 23, 1959 marking a new era ofbilateral relations. The opening of the Armenian Embassy in Hanoi 10 years agowas a new start of the development of their ties.

He perceived that the signing of the cooperationagreement between the two agencies will help Armenian and Vietnamese people access high-quality newsmore quickly from prestigious and trustworthy sources./.