Russian, Korean press agencies licenced to open rep offices in Vietnam
Le Thi Thu Hang, Director of the Press - Information Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), on May 15 granted licences to foreign press agencies to establish representative offices in Vietnam.
Le Thi Thu Hang, Director of the Press - Information Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and delegates at the hand-over ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Le Thi Thu Hang, Director of the Press - Information Department underthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), on May 15 granted licences to foreignpress agencies to establish representative offices in Vietnam.
Theyare Asia Today and Aju Business Daily from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and RossiyaSegodnya news agency from Russia.
Hang said the establishment of the representative offices reflectsthe attention and importance foreign press agencies have attached to Vietnam.
She thanked the agencies for their contributions to boostingthe friendship and fruitful multi-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and theRoK and Russia.
Nearly 40 foreign media agencies are now operating inVietnam, Hang said, and she hoped these newcomers will publish stories aboutthe land and people of Vietnam in a positive and objective manner.
The Press - Information Department and MoFA will facilitate the work offoreign journalists, thus helping to further enhance the friendship and multifaceted cooperation betweenVietnam, and Russia and the RoK.
The chiefs of the representative offices pledged tocooperate with the MoFA, work with a professional spirit, andobserve regulations on foreign media in Vietnam./.
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Le Thi Thu Hang, Director of the Press - Information Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and delegates at the hand-over ceremony. (Photo: VNA) 
