VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY

Strategic and trustworthy information centre of the Party and State

     The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) is a government agency with the function as the state news agency that publishes, broadcasts official information and documents of the Party and State; provides information in service of the Party’s leadership and the State’s management; and collects and provides news through various forms of press and multimedia for media agencies, the public and readers at home and abroad.

    The VNA operates under the consortium model with 15 news units for domestic and foreign service (consisting of five editorial departments, two source news centres and eight editorial offices), along with five news support centres, a publishing house, two printing companies, the VNA representative office in the south, the VNA representative office in the Central – Central Highlands region; and functional units to support the VNA Director General.

    With representative offices in all 63 cities and provinces nationwide and 30 overseas bureaus across the five continents, the VNA has a strong contingent of reporters working across the country and in most of the key areas around the world. This is a unique advantage that no other press agency in Vietnam has.

    With more than 60 media products made by more than 1,000 reporters and editors out of the over-2,300-strong staff, the VNA is the press agency with the largest number of information products and forms in the country, from source news in the forms of text, photo, television, infographics and audio to publications such as dailies, weeklies, magazines, pictorials, books, e-newspapers, websites, online and print newspapers, and information on mobile platforms and social networks, among others.

    As the key national press agency for external affairs, the VNA provides domestic and foreign media outlets with news in Vietnamese, Chinese, English, French and Spanish. It also has print newspapers and e-newspapers in 10 languages: Vietnamese, Lao, Khmer, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, English, French and Spanish.

    The Prime Minister has approved the “Plan on developing some national print newspapers and e-newspapers for foreign service of the VNA” for three news units for foreign service, namely Việt Nam News, Vietnam Pictorial and e-newspaper Vietnamplus.

    The VNA has also been tasked with publishing pictorials written in Vietnam’s ethnic minority languages. The “Dan toc va Mien nui” (Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Region) Pictorial now has 11 bilingual editions: Vietnamese – Khmer, Vietnamese – Bahnar, Vietnamese – Jrai, Vietnamese – Ede, Vietnamese – Cham, Vienamese – Mong, Vietnamese – K’ho, Vietnamese – M’nong, Vietnamese – Tay, Vietnamese – Xe dang, and Vietnamese – Co tu.

    The VNA boasts bilateral and multilateral partnerships with more than 40 news agencies and large international media organisations. It is a member of the Executive Board of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA). Its news published on media channels of partner agencies has helped improve the effectiveness of disseminating Vietnam’s external information internationally.

    The VNA has performed the functions of a national news agency providing updated news about all social aspects in Vietnam and the world for domestic and foreign media. It has also satisfied the public’s information demand through diverse and attractive media products on modern platforms. The VNA has retained its position as the mainstream information source guiding public opinion and as the strategic and trustworthy information centre of the Party and State, contributing to national development and defence./.

GLORIOUS HISTORICAL TRADITION INHERITED

     On September 15, 1945, the Vietnam News Agency - named by President Ho Chi Minh – aired the full text of the Declaration of Independence and the list of the members of the provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in three languages – Vietnamese with the code VNTTX (Vietnam Thong tan xa); English, coded VNA (Vietnam News Agency); and French, coded AVI (Agence Vietnamien D’Information). The event was of great importance for not only the Vietnam News Agency but also the whole nation. September 15 later became the traditional day of the State news agency. 

    After national reunification, on May 24, 1976, realising an instruction by the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, the VNTTX and the Liberation News Agency - the official news organisation run by the South Vietnam National Liberation Front, merged, marking a new milestone in the development of the sector. 

    On May 12, 1977, the National Assembly Standing Committee of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam issued a resolution approving the change of the Vietnamese name of the agency from “Vietnam Thong tan xa” into “Thong tan xa Vietnam”. 

    VNA’s formation and development process has always accompanied the revolution, national liberation and construction    efforts of Vietnamese people. During the resistance wars for national salvation, many VNA employees became journalist-soldiers. With more than 260 martyrs, the VNA is the media agency with the largest number of journalists who laid down their lives. Journalist Tran Kim Xuyen, the first leader of the VNA, was the first reporter martyr of the country who sacrificed his life for national independence and freedom in 1947 in Chuong My district of former Ha Tay province (now part of Hanoi). Journalist Bui Dinh Tuy, Vice Director of the Liberation News Agency, also laid down his life in 1967 in Trang Dau in the southeastern region of Vietnam. They were among the revolutionary journalists whose names have been given to three streets and a bridge (Tran Kim Xuyen streets in Hanoi and Huong Son district of Ha Tinh; Bui Dinh Tuy Street and Bui Dinh Tuy Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City). 

     Over the seven decades of struggle, construction and development along with many historical milestones, the VNA is the first media agency of Vietnam honoured with two Hero titles: the Hero of Labour in the reform period and the Hero of the People’s Armed Forces. Besides, the VNA has also been presented by the Party and State with a Gold Star Order, two Ho Chi Minh Orders and two Independence Orders, first class, and a number of noble orders and medals.

CONTINUING STEADY STEPS ON DEVELOPMENT PATH

(Information-media products of VNA)

 Upholding its pride-worthy historical tradition, the VNA has over the years continued to reform its operational mechanisms and methods with the aim of becoming one of the prestigious news agencies in the region in the form of a strong multimedia complex offering information to diverse groups of customers. Under this model, the VNA’s operations consist of two major sections as follows:

I. News agency information section (source information):

With its role as a “national news bank”, performing its functions as the State news agency, the VNA provides official, mainstream source news for press offices at home and abroad via its seven units with nearly 30 products of all media forms, namely:

1. Domestic News Department: With a network of 63 bureaus in all the provinces and cities nationwide, the department provides orienting updates on daily events in politics, diplomacy, socio-culture, science-technology, and the environment in Vietnam; provides timely information on the implementation of the Party and State’s guidelines and policies; and corrects wrongful information and rejects hostile and anti-State arguments.

-      Domestic news (run on the web portal vnanet.vn)

2. World News Department: Together with a network of 30 bureaus across all the five continents, it uploads daily news on global and regional issues, in line with the Party and State’s official stance, on the web portal vnanet.vn while publishing periodicals and some television programmes.

-      World news (run on the web portal vnanet.vn and daily publications)

-      Special reference documents (run on the web portal vnanet.vn and daily publications)

-      Express news (run on the web portal vnanet.vn and morning and afternoon publications)

-      World reference news (run on the web portal vnanet.vn and daily publications, except Sundays)

-      World opinion on Vietnam (published weekly with daily editions run on the web portal vnanet.vn, except Saturdays and Sundays)

-      Thematic special reference documents (monthly)

-      World issues (published monthly as special reference documents)

-      Internal reference reports (published daily, except Saturdays and Sundays)

-      Weekly international press highlights (broadcast weekly on VNews TV Channel)

-      World television news (broadcast round-the-clock on VNews TV Channel)

-      Television column “The World 360 Degrees” (broadcast weekly on VNews TV Channel)

3. News for Foreign Service Department: Provides daily official information on Vietnam (text and television news) to the world in different languages on the web portal vnanet.vn- English-language news 

- Chinese-language news 

- French-language news 

- Spanish-language news 

- Television news programmes (English and Chinese programmes broadcast daily; French and Spanish programmes broadcast weekly on VNews TV Channel)

 4. Press Photography Department: With a contingent of professional photo journalists and correspondents at home and abroad, as well as international press photo sources from partner news agencies, it supplies up-to-date press photos about domestic and world events directly to media outlets, or posts them on the web portal vnanet.vn. The department possesses the biggest photography archive in the country with millions of images taken over the past seven decades.

- World and domestic press photos (daily)

- Thematic photos

- Archival photos

- Television programme “Round-the-clock current events through photos” (daily); and “The world in a week” (weekly) (broadcast on VNews TV Channel)

- News-photo integrated page

5. Economic News Department: In collaboration with domestic and foreign bureaus, it provides updated current and special news about economic, financial and market issues in Vietnam and the world at the web portal vnanet.vn. At the same time, it also publishes two periodicals and a television programme.

- Publication Vietnam and World Economics

- Website Bnews.vn

- Television programme Economic Focus (weekly).

 6. VNA Television Centre: In conjunction with VNA units and domestic and overseas bureaus, the centre provides news, television programmes, and audio bulletins for radio and television stations as well as press agencies at home and abroad. It is one of the two units (together with the Vietnam Television) assigned by the Government to edit the contents of foreign TV channels for broadcasting in Vietnam. 

Apart from the function of providing source news, the centre is the key unit in running the VNews TV Channel.

 VNews is the first mainstream news-only television channel in Vietnam, which is produced by the VNA Television Centre with the engagement of almost all the information units of the VNA as well as its 93 bureaus based in 63 provinces and cities nationwide and countries and territories across the world. VNews updates news in a round-the-clock, timely, swift and accurate manner on outstanding domestic, regional, and global events in all fields.

 VNews has been listed by the Ministry of Information and Communications as one of the TV channels performing key political and communication tasks in Vietnam.

7. Database-Documentation and Infographic Centre: Provides a wide range of materials systematically summarised from official sources regarding major current events at home and abroad on the portal vnanet.vn, and produces a number of TV shows. The centre is striving to develop its infographic product into one of the Vietnam News Agency’s key information types

- Database-documentation special subject (published on the portal vnanet.vn)

- Infographics and motion graphics (published on the portal vnanet.vn)

- TV shows: Message from History, Moments and Events, Vietnam and International Friends, Studying Uncle Ho’s moral example every day (weekly broadcast on VNews Channel).Along with providing official and mainstream information, the Vietnam News Agency provides some bulletins specifically for Party and Government leaders, including daily domestic and international news headlines and news summaries, issued on every morning except weekends and holidays compiled by the Editorial Secretariat and External Relations Department.

II. Press-Publication sectionParallel to performing its function as the national news agency, the Vietnam News Agency serves information demands from the domestic and foreign public with dozens of products in various forms and languages. 

1. Tin Tuc (The News) newspaper: is an information channel of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s Government with three main publications:

-      Tin Tuc Weekly (every Thursday)

-      News on Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Regions (every Tuesday)

-      Tin Tuc (electronic version, published on baotintuc.vn). 

1. VietnamPlus e-newspaper: posted on vietnamplus.vn, it is one of Vietnam’s most popular mainstream e-newspapers, visited by the highest number of readers from the widest variety of countries. This is the largest multilingual online newspaper in Vietnam, with news delivered in Vietnamese, English, Chinese, French, and Spanish. VietnamPlus has been a pioneer in applying new media technologies like mobile journalism, data journalism and 360-degree photos/videos, and offered unique publications such as the Mega story or RapNewsPlus, which has received an international award. 

1. The thao & Van hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper: is the first and leading sports and culture newspaper in Vietnam. It has left an overwhelming impression on readers across the nation for organising such events as the Dedication Music Awards and the Bui Xuan Phai (For Love of Hanoi) Awards.

Its main publications and programmes are:

-      The thao & Van hoa (print version, weekdays)

-      The thao & Van hoa – Dan ong magazine (monthly)

-      The thao & Van hoa e-newspaper (published on thethaovanhoa.vn)

-      TV programmes: Culture Panorama, Planet of Sports (daily), and Culture Radar (weekly). 

1. Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Region Pictorial: is the only bilingual press publication so far in Vietnam published in languages of ethnic minority groups having scripts recognised by the State, designed specifically for ethnic minority groups.

-      There are 11 bilingual pictorial editions of Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Region published every month: Vietnamese-Khmer, Vietnamese-Bhana, Vietnamese-Jrai, Vietnamese-Ede, Vietnamese-Cham, Vietnamese-Mong, Vietnamese-K’ho, Vietnamese-M’nong, Vietnamese-Tay, Vietnamese-Xe dang and Vietnamese-Cotu. Languages of other ethnic groups are to be added in the future.

-      Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Region e-newspaper (published at dantocmiennui.vn) 

1. Vietnam Pictorial: is Vietnam’s first magazine for external services (launched in 1954). It comes in the largest number of foreign languages (10) and is the only Vietnamese paper published in Latin American countries (currently Cuba and Mexico)

-      There are four periodical editions, namely English (monthly), Chinese (monthly), Spanish (in every two months), and Lao (in every two months)

-      Vietnam Pictorial e-newspaper (Vietnamese, Chinese, Russian, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Lao, Korean, and Khmer at vietnam.vnanet.vn)

-      Dep (Beauty) magazine (monthly)

-      Vietnam-Korea Times (published weekly in Korean) 

1. Viet Nam News: is the only English-language daily in Vietnam, as well as the country’s top foreign service publication.

-      Viet Nam News (daily, except Sunday)

-      Viet Nam News Sunday (every Sunday)

-      Viet Nam News e-newspaper (at vietnamnews.vn)

-      Ovietnam.vn

-      Bizhub.vn 

1. Le Courier du Vietnam: is currently the only French-language newspaper in Vietnam. Apart from its online edition updated daily, it is published weekly in the form of a print magazine.

-      Le Courrier du Vietnam Weekly (every Thursday)

-      Le Courrier du Vietnam e-newspaper (at lecourrier.vn)

-      TV programme: “Francophone Space” (weekly on VNews Channel) 

1. Vietnam Law & Legal Forum: is the only publication on Vietnam’s laws published in a foreign language in the country currently. This is the only press agency in Vietnam that issues the Official Gazette, the only English translation of the Vietnamese legal bulletin Cong Bao.

-      Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine (English, published monthly, and online edition at vietnamlaw.vnanet.vn)

-      English translation of Cong Bao (three editions per week)

-      Website vietnamlaw.vnanet.vn

9. Vietnam News Agency Publishing House: engages in producing publications on Party and State’s guidelines and policies, journals, photo books, science-technology books serving press information, and publications for foreign service and international cooperation. 

-      Books about journalism

-      Books on current affairs

-      Photo books of different kinds 

In its strategy of becoming a strong multimedia complex, the Vietnam News Agency has over the past years been unceasingly striving to expand and diversify forms of media, particularly those on digital platforms. 

As one of the first news outlets in Vietnam to provide news services on the Internet (since 1998), the VNA maintains a continuous supply of the latest news, photos, infographics, and motion graphics in different languages on its official online portal: vnanet.vn. The portal is also a gateway for press agencies and readers nationwide to subscribe for the VNA’s diverse and abundant products.

To better serve its readers, besides the only online newspaper VietnamPlus, which was established in 2008, almost all of the VNA’s press-publication units have launched their own online editions and set up a converged newsroom. The network of VNA websites have become trusted channels delivering the latest news and stories to readers around the country and the world. 

Visiting the website xembao.vn managed by the VNA Technical Centre, readers can access print publications of the VNA in the form of e-newspapers.  

As a national bank of information, the VNA is also a provider of reliable, important strategic information to major partners as well as a provider of news via mobile devices in the telecommunication network and social media. 

https://www.facebook.com/ThongtanxaVietNam/

https://www.facebook.com/VNAEnglish/

https://www.facebook.com/VNAChinese/

https://www.facebook.com/VNAfrench/

https://www.facebook.com/VNAEspanol/ 

The VNA’s operational efficiency is largely thanks to the active and proactive support from the supporting units as follows:

- VNA Technical Centre

- VNA Profession Training Centre

- VNA Media Development Centre

- VNA Informatics Centre

- VNA International Cooperation Centre

The contributions of the following advisory and functional units are also decisive to the success of the VNA as the national news agency. They are:

- Editorial Secretariat and External Relations Department

- Organisation and Personnel Department

- Administrative Affairs Office

- Planning and Finance Department

- Inspection Department 

The VNA has two Representative Offices, for the South and for the Central-Central Highlands region, to direct news services in these areas. 

The above-mentioned units are core pieces that help ensure the smooth operation of the VNA through the close and effective coordination throughout the whole system in all stages of services, from organisation to logistics. This has also enabled the VNA to build an advanced technological infrastructure with well-equipped facilities and develop a contingent of journalists with political firmness, high professional proficiency, social responsibility and professional ethics. 

     VNA Printing Section      With a modern printing machinery system and skilled workers, two printing enterprises of the VNA - the ITAXA Printing Company based in Ho Chi Minh City and the Printing and Trade Company in Hanoi - make up for many trustworthy and prestigious firms of the industry. The VNA also has an offset printing facility located in the central city of Da Nang.    The VNA printing section ensures the quick and timely print of bulletins, magazines, newspapers, and other VNA publications. It also provides services for non-VNA customers who are seeking a commitment to quality and professionalism.

MANAGEMENT BOARD
General Director   VU VIET TRANG
Deputy General Director  NGUYEN TUAN HUNG	Deputy General Director   DOAN THI TUYET NHUNG	Deputy General Director   NGUYEN THI SU

VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY REGIONAL OFFICES 

NATIONAL NEWS CENTRE (HEADQUARTERS)

Adress: No. 5 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Tel : 024.38252931

Fax : 024.38252984

Email : btk@vnanet.vn

IN HANOI

−    PRESS PUBLISHING CENTRE

No. 11 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

− NEWS CENTRE FOR FOREIGN SERVICE

No. 79 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

− VNA TELEVISION CENTRE

No. 33 Le Thanh Tong Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

− VNA INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION CENTRE

No. 8 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

IN DA NANG CITY

− VNA OFFICE FOR THE CENTRAL – CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGION

Address: No. 28 Le Thanh Tong Street, No. 81 Quang Trung street, Hai Chau District, Da Nang Tel : 0236.3817665

Email : vpdanang@vnanet.vn

IN HO CHI MINH CITY

− VNA OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN REGION

Address: No. 116-118 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City

Tel : 028.39305921

Fax : 028.39303414

Email : vphcm@vnanet.vn

BUSINESSES UNDER THE VNA

01. TRADING-PRINTING ONE-MEMBER LIMITED COMPANY (VINADATAXA)

Address: No. 70/342 Khương Đình Street, Hạ Đình Ward, Thanh Xuân District, Hà Nội City.

Tel      : 024.35571769

Fax     : 024.39335042

Email  : vinadataxa@vnanet.vn; vinadataxa1@gmail.com

02. ITAXA ONE-MEMBER LIMITED COMPANY

Address : No. 122-124-126 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai Street, Ward 6, District 3, Hồ Chí Minh City

Tel       : 028.39306458

Fax      : 028.39301501

Email   : itaxa@vnanet.vn; lienhe@itaxa.vn

VNA LOCAL BUREAUS IN PROVINCES AND CITIES

lREGIONAL BUREAUS

1.HANOI

Address: 21 Pham Dinh Ho Street, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi

Tel: 024.38254577          Fax: 024.38254577      Email: pxhan@vnanet.vn

2. HO CHI MINH CITY

Address: 120 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City

Tel: 028.39305627          Fax:028.39306685      Email: pxhcm@vnanet.vn

3. YEN BAI

Address: 727 Yen Ninh Street, Minh Tan Ward, Yen Bai City, Yen Bai Province

Tel: 0216.3852493                   Email: pxyenbai@vnanet.vn

4. DAK LAK

Address: 39, Phan Boi Chau Street, Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province

Tel: 0262.3852275                   Email: pxdaklak@vnanet.vn

5. CAN THO

Address: 36 Nguyen Trai Street, Can Tho City

Tel: 0292. 3826473    Fax: 0292.3839444      Email: pxcantho@vnanet.vn

lLOCAL BUREAUS

6. AN GIANG