Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Hoang Vinh Bao (left) and Standing Vice President of Vietnam Journalist Association Ho Quang Loi chairs a press conference on the 2019 National Press Festival. (Photo: Kinhtedothi.vn)

Themed “Renovated, creative, responsible Vietnamese press in the interest of the nation and people”, the Festival is being jointly organised by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA), the Party Central Committee Commission for Communications and Education, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Festival celebrates the achievements of the national reform process and the growth of Vietnam’s revolutionary press, while strengthening the exchange between journalists and the community and honouring individuals, collectives, and enterprises who have made outstanding contributions to the development of the revolutionary press.

A number of exhibitions will be held, along with activities to mark the establishment of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union March 26.