Attending the National Press Festival were Mr. Trinh Van Quyet - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission; Mr. Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, Central Agencies, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Mr. Le Ngoc Chau - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Hai Phong City.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association Le Quoc Minh emphasized that the 2026 National Press Festival takes place in the context that the entire Party, people and army are striving to emulate and successfully implement the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress. For the press, this is a turning point when we both inherit a century of glorious tradition of Vietnamese Revolutionary Journalism and must be proactive, breakthrough, and bring the country into a new era.
Therefore, this year's Press Festival chose a theme that is deeply and comprehensively oriented: "Vietnamese Journalism - Loyalty, Creativity, Responsibility in the new era". These three keywords affirm the core mission of revolutionary journalists: Always absolutely loyal to the Party's ideals, the interests of the people; constantly innovate and apply modern technology; and at the same time enhance social responsibility and professional ethics in the cause of building a fair, democratic and civilized society.
The 2026 National Press Festival has a total of 87 booths from affiliated Journalists Associations, Journalists Branches, Journalists Associations of provinces and cities and press training and research institutions nationwide. The highlight of the Press Festival space is the Central Display Area - built as a journey connecting tradition and future. Through the system of images, documents, artifacts and the application of modern projection technology, the public will have the opportunity to look back at the development path of revolutionary journalism, and at the same time feel more clearly the requirements being set for journalism in the new context.
In addition, the 2026 Press Fair will be a vibrant professional exchange space with the National Press Forum including 11 in-depth discussion sessions. Here, managers, experts and journalists will jointly contribute ideas and frankly discuss hot issues of modern journalism such as: arranging the operation of press agencies; promoting the role of the press in protecting the ideological foundation of the Party; the press accompanies businesses to create the future; especially the problem of "AI - How to apply it, what to apply and how to control it in Vietnamese press agencies"...
In particular, a series of rich activities from the Open Singing Contest for Journalists with the participation of domestic journalists and international journalists from countries such as Laos, Thailand, Cambodia; incense offering program at Hai Phong historical site, system of awards honoring booths, outstanding events and outstanding impressive journalistic products, promising to bring an innovative, creative, attractive and practically effective Press Festival.
