Media agencies made important contributions to the success of Vietnam`s ASEAN Chairmanship 2010

Hanoi (VNA) – Media agencies made important contributions to the success of
Vietnam ’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2010, said a Foreign Ministry’s official.

Deputy Foreign Minister Dao Viet Trung gave out the assessment at a meeting to
review information and cultural activities during 2010, the year that Vietnam is
the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

He praised local media in particular the Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television,
radio The Voice of Vietnam, the Nhan Dan and Quan Doi Nhan Dan newspapers for their
diverse and wide-ranging coverage of all ASEAN-related events and Vietnam ’s
participation in the association.

In addition to dissemination, the country also held many cultural and arts
activities, exhibitions, exchanges and contests on the sidelines of those events,
effectively promoting the image of Vietnam , especially the country as ASEAN
Chair, to international friends.

Trung added that regional and international media carried out tens of thousands of
articles on ASEAN’s activities throughout the year.-Enditem