On September 15, 1945, the Vietnam News Agency – a name penned by President Ho Chi Minh – broadcast the full text of the Declaration of Independence together with the list of members of the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, through news bulletins in three languages: Vietnamese, English, and French. That sacred moment has since become the traditional day of the national news agency. (Photo: VNA)
During his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh often takes the time to read, comment on, and directly edit VNA’s news and articles. (Photo: VNA)
During the two arduous resistance wars, VNA reporters are truly soldiers on the battlefield, fighting with both pens and weapons. In the photo: VNA frontline reporters covering the Ho Chi Minh Campaign (1975). (Photo: VNA)
In the national resistance wars, VNA reporters are present in the fiercest and most difficult areas to capture heroic images of the military and people. In the photo: VNA reporters on Tran Hung Dao street, Quang Tri, in 1972. (Photo: VNA)
Technicians of the Liberation News Agency (TTXGP) operating Teletype machines. During more than 15 years of working under enemy bombardment (1960–1975), the Liberation News Agency had to relocate its headquarters dozens of times but always maintained the “lifeline” of information. (Photo: TTXGP archives)
A VNA telegrapher stops in Trang Bang (Tay Ninh) to transmit to headquarters the news of the surrender of puppet President Duong Van Minh, April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoians rejoice upon hearing news of the liberation of Saigon on the afternoon of April 30, 1975, in front of the VNA headquarters at No. 5 Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Hanoi. (Photo: VNA)
Wherever and whenever, VNA reporters are always ready to deliver timely and accurate information. In the photo: A group of VNA reporters covering COVID-19 prevention and control efforts. (Photo: VNA)
From merely supplying news and photos to media agencies, VNA has developed into a modern media complex with all forms of journalism, present on multiple platforms. In the photo: General Director Vu Viet Trang and Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong, President of the Vietnam Veterans Association, together with delegates, launch the online special page and photo exhibition “70 Years of the Dien Bien Phu Victory” (April 19, 2024). (Photo: VNA)
The policy and life portal “chinhsachcuocsong.vn” of VNA is developed to promptly update new legal documents and policies. (Photo: VNA)
Professional cooperation with more than 40 foreign partners has greatly contributed to the external communications. In the photo: VNA Deputy General Director Doan Thi Tuyet Nhung and Mohamed Jalal Al Rayssi, Director General of Emirates News Agency (WAM) of the UAE, sign a professional cooperation agreement (May 4, 2023). (Photo: VNA)
Over the past 80 years, VNA has always received close attention, support, and direction from Party and State leaders. This has been a great source of encouragement for generations of VNA journalists to constantly strive to build a stronger agency. In the photo: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung visits the VNA Television Centre (2009). (Photo: VNA)
Over the past 80 years, VNA has always received close attention, support, and direction from Party and State leaders. This has been a great source of encouragement for generations of VNA journalists to constantly strive to build a stronger agency. In the photo: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits, inspects information operations, and extends Lunar New Year greetings at VNA headquarters on February 9, 2024 (Lunar New Year’s Eve). (Photo: VNA)
Over the past 80 years, VNA has always received close attention, support, and direction from Party and State leaders. This has been a great source of encouragement for generations of VNA journalists to constantly strive to build a stronger agency. In the photo: VNA officials, reporters, editors, and staff welcome General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong during his visit and Lunar New Year greetings in 2012 (January 18, 2012). (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary To Lam, former Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man with delegates visiting the VNA exhibition space at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 2025). (Photo: VNA)
VNA is the only press agency honoured by the Party and the State with two Hero titles: Hero of the People’s Armed Forces and Hero of Labour during the renewal period; along with noble orders such as the Gold Star Order, the Ho Chi Minh Order, the First-Class Independence Order, and many other awards and titles. In the photo: President Tran Duc Luong presents the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces to VNA, April 17, 2005. (Photo: VNA)
VNA – A strategic and reliable information centre of the Party, State, and People
Throughout its 80-year journey of formation and development (September 15, 1945 – September 15, 2025), the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has ceaselessly grown and advanced, becoming a modern national media complex and a prestigious news agency in the region and the world. It has provided timely official information for domestic and international media, effectively contributing to the communications work at home and abroad, and has truly lived up to its role as the strategic and reliable information centre of the Party, the State, and the People.
