Vo Van Thuong, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, speaks at the meeting of the press centre’s organising board on January 12 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - A press centre for the 13th National Party Congress is to be opened at the National Convention Centre inHanoi on January 22.
At a meeting on January 12, Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretaryof the Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’sCommission for Information and Education, asked the press centre’s organisingboard to provide the best possible conditions for domestic and foreign media tocover the congress, slated for January 25 to February 2.
As this is the first time there will be foreign reporters registering tocover a national Party congress online, he especially requested that technicalconditions be ensured for their activities.
He also told domestic press agencies to continue reporting on preparationsfor and people’s opinions on the once-in-five-years national event whileincreasing both information quality and quantity so as to contribute to its success.
A press conference on the congress is set for January 22, following theopening ceremony of the press centre.
On the same day, the Ministry of Information and Communications, incoordination with relevant agencies, will open a book and newspaper exhibitionand launch a set of stamps celebrating the 13th National Party Congress.
A photo exhibition will be organised by the Vietnam News Agency at theNational Convention Centre to give delegates and guests a glance at the 12previous national Party congresses and Vietnam’s socio-economic achievementsbetween 2015 and 2020.
According to the Information and Education Commission, nearly 500 domesticreporters and technicians and over 60 correspondents from foreign news agencieshave registered to work at the press centre. More than 60 reporters have alsoregistered to cover the congress online.
All reporters present at the congress will undergo COVID-19 testing, atthe request of organisers./.
Ensuring smooth operations of the 13th National Party Congress’s press centre and the information provision for foreign media are among the tasks the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education has been told to fulfil between now and the time the congress takes place, in late January.
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Vo Van Thuong, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, speaks at the meeting of the press centre’s organising board on January 12 (Photo: VNA) 
