President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central CommitteeNguyen Thien Nhan has asked central press agencies to do more to fosterstronger national great unity.

Nhan had a workingsession in Hanoi on August 1 with officials from the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education, Ministry ofInformation and Communication, Vietnam Journalists’ Association andseveral central press agencies, including the Vietnam News Agency (VNA),Nhan dan (People) Newspaper, Vietnam Television and radio the Voice ofVietnam.

Over the past time, the VFF standing boardhas coordinated closely with these offices in popularising the Party’sguidelines and the State’s policies on the national great unity, as wellas the role and tasks of the front in the national construction anddefence.

The coordination has led to the success ofsuch campaigns as “Day for the poor”, “Vietnamese people use Vietnamesegoods” and those that help raise public awareness of the fight againstcorruption, thrift practice and wastefulness prevention.

VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi suggested that VFF should directits member organisations to proactively provide press agencies withinformation, especially those on pressing issues, for prompt andaccurate coverage.

With its network of 63representative offices at home and 30 others abroad, VNA is capable ofbringing information to various readers, including ethnic minoritygroups in far-flung areas and overseas Vietnamese people, he added.-VNA