Vietnam, Indonesia Strengthen Press Cooperation to Boost Bilateral Relations

(VOVWORLD) – On Monday afternoon (April 22), the Vietnam Journalists Association held talks in Hanoi with a delegation from the Indonesian Journalists Association in connection with their working visit to Vietnam from April 21 to 27, 2024 to strengthen close ties between press circles as well as cooperation and friendship between Vietnam and Indonesia.

Leading the talks, Nguyen Duc Loi, Deputy Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, said that Vietnam and Indonesia are two important countries in ASEAN, among which the press plays a role as a bridge of information, promoting relations between the two countries, two nations. He also believes that the visit of the Indonesian Journalists Association this time is an opportunity for both parties to discuss solutions and ways to further strengthen the cooperative relations between the press of the two countries.

There are many Vietnamese-Indonesian news agencies that have established cooperative relationships, for example the Vietnam News Agency and Antara News Agency, between Radio Suara Vietnam (VOV) and Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI). Strengthening the provision of information by the press about the situation of the two countries will help the public understand more clearly about the two countries, through which it also strengthens the attention and understanding of each other between the public of the two countries.

Informing briefly across the Union, Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi said, Vietnam Journalists Union is the only social, political, vocational organization of Vietnamese journalists with more than 25,000 members. Currently in the field of foreign relations, the Association has relations with many press organizations and press associations not only in Southeast Asian countries but also in a number of countries in the world.

In the discussion, Mr. Sihono, Director of Pancasila Press of the Indonesian Journalists Association in the Yogyakarta region, head of the delegation of the Indonesian Journalists Association expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome from the Vietnam Journalists Association. After visiting the Vietnam Press Museum, he said he was very impressed with the history of the Vietnamese press and the scale of the museum:

In the working meeting, the Vietnam Journalists Association and the Indonesian Journalists Association have discussed very openly about many issues of common interest, including press freedom, various challenges and opportunities for the press in the digital media environment, the use of social media, the application of artificial intelligence in press and media activities. From there, effective experiences and solutions in the new context emerged, further strengthening mutual understanding, opening up opportunities for future cooperation.

At the end of the talks, the envoys put forward the same view that it is necessary to further strengthen the friendly relations and cooperation between the press of the two countries in the future. Among them, paying attention to continuing to further intensify the dispatch of press working groups to exchange vocations between the two journalist associations; creating conditions for the mass media and foreign news agencies of the two countries to publish news about the two countries.

Source: https://vovworld.vn/id-ID/berita/vietnam-dan-indonesia-perkuat-kerja-sama-pers-untuk-dorong-hubungan-bilateral-1289060.vov