PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (front row, center) meets Vietnam's media representatives in Hanoi on January 22, 2018.

He made the remark at his meeting with leaders of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communication and Education, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA), and press agencies.

The PM said the media has made a significant imprint on the dissemination of Party guidelines, state policies, and government directives. Mr. Phuc expressed his hope that press agencies will contribute more to national development, and the realization of socio-economic tasks for 2018, and the Resolution adopted at the 12th National Party Congress.