VNA Deputy General Director Le Quoc Minh (7th from left) in a meeting with Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith in Phnom Penh (Photo: VNA) PhnomPenh (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) pledges to support Cambodia’s news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse(AKP) and other agencies of the Cambodian Ministry of Information in personneltraining, said VNA Deputy General Director Le Quoc Minh on December 12.
In a meeting with Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith in Phnom Penhduring his working visit to Cambodia from December 11-14, Minh said trainingprogrammes will focus on designing, producing news on mobile devices, electronicnewspapers and data press.
He expressed his hope that the Cambodian government and ministry will continueto support the two news agencies to expand their cooperation, and facilitatethe operation of the VNA’s office in Cambodia.
VNA Deputy General Director Le Quoc Minh (L) presents a souvenir to Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kanharith (Source: VNA) Kanharith spoke highly of the effective cooperation between the VNA and the AKPin recent times, saying he hopes Cambodia’s press agencies will have more articleson Vietnam’s land and people.
The radio Voice Cambodia is running a 10-minute daily news broadcast in the Vietnameselanguage, and this is planned to increase to 30 minutes in the coming time, hesaid.
Kanharith called on the VNA to help Cambodia improve the quality of printpublications, especially the quality of images on the magazine of the CambodianMinistry of Information, thus promoting the country’s image to internationalfriends, especially when Cambodia hosts the SEA Games in 2023.
AKP General Director Sok Mom Nimul speaks at the talks (Source: VNA) Earlier, Minh held talks with AKP General Director Sok Mom Nimul, duringwhich he affirmed that the VNA will continue to collect and provide file photosfor AKP, especially those related to the initial development of the Cambodia’snews agency after 1979.
The VNA official appreciated Nimul’s idea for training cooperationand professional exchange between the two agencies.
After theirtalks, the two sides signed a document which will serve as a foundation forimplementing VNA - AKP cooperation programmes in the future.
At the working session with Vice Governor of Siem Reap province Neak Neron, and officials from the provincial Department of Information, Tourism and Investment (Source: VNA) In his working session on November 13 with Vice Governor of SiemReap province Neak Neron, and officials from the provincial Department of Information,Tourism and Investment, Minh affirmed that the VNA is willing to cooperate withSiem Reap’s authorities and AKP’s correspondents to support the locality’s tourismpromotion./.
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