Mr. Phan Xuan Thuy - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Mr. Phan Tam - Deputy Minister of Information and Communications; Mr. Pham Minh Tuan - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine, Chairman of Vietnam Publishing Association, co-chaired the Conference.
Over the past year, the Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Information and Communications have regularly directed and oriented the activities of publishing houses, especially in terms of publication content. Party committees, party organizations, governing bodies and publishing houses have led and directed the activities of publishing houses to perform their functions and tasks well in accordance with the regulations of the Party and the State, achieving many results.
Mr. Tong Van Thanh - Director of the Press and Publishing Department, Central Propaganda Department - affirmed that the leadership and direction of the Party Committee, Party organization of the governing body, and the leadership of the publishing house are ensured, especially in the direction, orientation and management of the publishing house leadership team. The majority of the content of the publications always maintains the correct political orientation, meets the needs of readers, ensures scientific, popular and widely disseminated nature.
According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, in 2024, it is estimated that there will be 41,000 printed publications, with sales of more than VND 99,160 billion and a contribution to GDP of more than VND 29,059 billion.
In his concluding remarks at the Conference, Mr. Phan Xuan Thuy - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department - requested publishing management agencies and publishers to deploy and implement a number of key tasks in 2025.
In particular, continue to effectively implement the arrangement and streamlining of the organizational apparatus in accordance with the spirit of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW of the 12th Party Central Committee.
Mr. Phan Xuan Thuy proposed to plan the publishing industry in the direction of streamlining, quality, modernization, enhancing professionalism, proactiveness in production and business, associated with the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress on arranging the publishing, printing and distribution industry in the direction of streamlining, quality, modernization, ensuring caution, certainty, and upholding principles;
Implement the arrangement and planning of the publishing house to operate effectively and efficiently, without interruption of work, without time gaps, without leaving vacant areas and fields of publishing, the need to equip knowledge and improve the spiritual life of the people.
Publishers must be the "midwives" for advanced scientific works and projects, making important contributions to the country's development and effectively providing a knowledge foundation for other fields to develop.
Publishing authorities promote their roles, perform well their political tasks, focus on leading and directing their affiliated publishing units to research, proactively develop plans and topics, ensure focus and key points; create and innovate forms of publications to create strong spreading power to serve: Effectively propagate directives, resolutions and policies of the Party and State, especially the direction of General Secretary To Lam on the new era, the era of rising up of the Vietnamese nation.
Lead and direct the publication of valuable publications with high dissemination potential, contributing to creating new confidence, new spirit, new motivation in the entire Party, people and army, enhancing the country's position and prestige in the international arena.
