On behalf of Party and State leaders, Party General Secretary Tô Lâm (R) awarded a Hồ Chí Minh Order to the Vietnamese revolutionary press for its great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. VNA photo

 HÀ NỘI – Press agencies and journalists have reaffirmed their determination with goals and tasks identical to those of the entire Party, people, army, and political system in the cause to bring the country steadily forward in the new era.

A ceremony was held in Hà Nội on June 21 by the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Việt Nam Journalists’ Association to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 – 2025).

Party General Secretary Tô Lâm attended and delivered a speech at the ceremony, which also saw the attendance of former Party General Secretary Nông Đức Mạnh, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn, former NA Chairman Nguyễn Sinh Hùng, and Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Trần Cẩm Tú, among others.

Reviewing the 100-year journey of formation and development of the Vietnamese revolutionary press, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Nguyễn Trọng Nghĩa affirmed that this was a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation Nguyễn Trọng Nghĩa speaks at the ceremony.VNA photo

 The celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day is an opportunity to review and multiply the pride, respect, and infinite gratitude towards President Hồ Chí Minh - the founder, leader, trainer and great teacher of the Vietnamese revolutionary press. It is an occasion to show the pride of and gratitude for outstanding and exemplary leaders, revolutionary soldiers, and senior journalists; remember generations of journalists who directly fought and heroically sacrificed during the resistance wars against the French colonialists and American imperialists; express gratitude for the contributions of generations of journalists and soldiers who have raised high the Party's ideological flag, propagated, encouraged and implemented the 1943 Outline on Vietnamese Culture, determined to overcome the severe consequences of wars and natural disasters, and firmly protected the sacred sovereignty of the Fatherland.

The Party official highly appreciated and honoured the achievements and lessons that the press had created during the “Đổi mới” (renewal) period, which had deepened the functions, tasks, principles and purposes of the revolutionary press; and demonstrated the level, capacity, thinking on press management and practice, professional capacity and professional ethics of journalists. He took this occasion to respectfully thank people from all walks of life, who protected, sheltered, helped, encouraged, motivated and accompanied press agencies and revolutionary journalists over the past 100 years.

Nghĩa emphasised that the country was standing at the threshold of a new development stage, with opportunities and challenges intertwined. The revolutionary press was facing turning-point and breakthrough changes.

"The goals, tasks, and strategic solutions that the entire Party, people, army, and political system are determined to carry out to bring the country steadily forward in the new era are the topics, goals, and tasks of press agencies and journalists," he said.

"That context and goal require each press agency and journalist nationwide, first of all, to renew their thinking, awareness, and practical actions so that the press becomes more revolutionary, professional, modern, and humane, worthy of the glorious tradition of 100 years of building, fighting, and growing of the Vietnamese revolutionary press.

“Our Party and State always affirm that the Vietnamese revolutionary press is an inseparable part of the entire ideological and cultural work of the Party, and of the cause of building and defending the Fatherland. The press takes the interests of the country, the happiness and prosperity of the people as the ultimate goal, all for rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness and civilisation,” Nghĩa stressed.

Emphasising that the 100-year journey of the Vietnamese revolutionary press marked the efforts, achievements, lessons, challenges, ups and downs, and aspirations to move forward, Nghĩa affirmed that over the past century, the Vietnamese revolutionary press had always been steadfast, loyal, and devoted to the noble revolutionary cause of the Party, the nation, and the people.

“We will enter the next 100-year journey with great aspirations, determination, and efforts to excellently fulfil the role and mission entrusted by the Party, the State, and the people, helping to bring the country into a new era, for a Việt Nam of ‘peace, independence, democracy, wealth, prosperity, civilisation, happiness, firmly advancing toward socialism’, standing shoulder to shoulder with the world powers, as President Hồ Chí Minh wished and the burning aspiration of the entire nation, he stressed.

Party General Secretary Tô Lâm delivers a speech at the ceremony.VNA photo

 At the ceremony, on behalf of Party and State leaders, General Secretary Tô Lâm awarded a Hồ Chí Minh Order to the Vietnamese revolutionary press for its great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính presented the Emblem of Gratitude to the outstanding contributions of veteran journalists who have made great contributions to the cause of the Việt Nam revolutionary press.

Party General Secretary Tô Lâm, NA Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn and other leaders visit the Việt Nam News Agency's pavilion at the National Press Festival 2025.VNA photo

Before attending the ceremony, delegates visited an exhibition at the National Convention Centre which showcases photos, documents, and historical artefacts about the 100-year tradition of the Việt Nam revolutionary press; achievements and trends in press development in the new era; and equipment and applications of modern press and communication technology. VNA/VNS