Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Nguyen HoaiDuong on Nov. 8 met with Lao Minister of Information, Culture andTourism Bosengkham Vongdala as part of his working visit to Laos fromNov. 7-11.
Minister Bosengkham Vongdala was full of praise for VNA’s assistance to the Lao news agency (KPL).
He asked VNA to continue its support in personnel training andtechnology and also to help the Lao side open a press representativeoffice in Hanoi soon.
For his part, Duonginformed his host of results of his talks with KPL General DirectorKhamsen Phongsa, during which the two sides reached a cooperativeagreement for 2012.
Both sides highly valued theimplementation of cooperative agreements in various areas such assharing news articles and photos, the exchange of high-rankingdelegations and journalists, and especially the publication of a booktitled “VNA and KPL – years of mutual development” and VNA’s launch ofits Lao language webpage, Duong said.
In 2012, VNAwill help Laos improve technical infrastructure, print the LaoPictorial magazine and develop human resources, Duong said, adding thatthe two sides agreed to increase information promoting the land andpeople of each country as well as cooperative activities in economics,trade, culture, arts and sport between the two countries.
Duong took the occasion to introduce VNA’s diverse informationchannels to Minister Bosengkham Vongdala, expressing his hope that theLao minister will help VNA Television Channel (Vnews) soon be includedin the Lao cable television system, beefing up cooperation between thetwo news agencies and the two countries’ special relations./.
Minister Bosengkham Vongdala was full of praise for VNA’s assistance to the Lao news agency (KPL).
He asked VNA to continue its support in personnel training andtechnology and also to help the Lao side open a press representativeoffice in Hanoi soon.
For his part, Duonginformed his host of results of his talks with KPL General DirectorKhamsen Phongsa, during which the two sides reached a cooperativeagreement for 2012.
Both sides highly valued theimplementation of cooperative agreements in various areas such assharing news articles and photos, the exchange of high-rankingdelegations and journalists, and especially the publication of a booktitled “VNA and KPL – years of mutual development” and VNA’s launch ofits Lao language webpage, Duong said.
In 2012, VNAwill help Laos improve technical infrastructure, print the LaoPictorial magazine and develop human resources, Duong said, adding thatthe two sides agreed to increase information promoting the land andpeople of each country as well as cooperative activities in economics,trade, culture, arts and sport between the two countries.
Duong took the occasion to introduce VNA’s diverse informationchannels to Minister Bosengkham Vongdala, expressing his hope that theLao minister will help VNA Television Channel (Vnews) soon be includedin the Lao cable television system, beefing up cooperation between thetwo news agencies and the two countries’ special relations./.
