Gaining trust in society
In the process of perfecting the legal system and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the National Assembly's activities, the press plays a particularly important role as an information and social criticism channel. Assessing the role of the media in this process, many National Assembly deputies (NA deputies) affirmed that Lao Dong Newspaper not only does a good job of providing current affairs information, but is also a reputable citizen consultation channel, a "strategic bridge" positively impacting the quality of draft laws in the National Assembly.
Deputy Chairman of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee Ta Van Ha shared that in the National Assembly sessions, Lao Dong Newspaper always shows a proactive spirit, reflecting quickly, accurately and comprehensively the activities of the National Assembly in legislative and supreme supervisory aspects. Lao Dong Newspaper has many forms of information, spreading legal regulations and articles into easy-to-understand information, associated with the essential interests of people and workers. When the laws are in the process of being completed and collecting opinions, Lao Dong Newspaper has organized a series of analysis articles, conferences, and online seminars to make the draft law more stringent and suitable to reality. This also plays a proactive role in setting policy problems, detecting legal "bottlenecks" from practice to propose amendments and supplements. At the same time, it helps voters understand the goals and meanings of draft laws right from the drafting and discussion stages until the National Assembly presses the button to pass them.
Through a network of resident reporters nationwide, Lao Dong Newspaper also promptly records the thoughts, aspirations, and legitimate recommendations of people, workers and the business community to reflect to National Assembly deputies and functional agencies.
In fields such as labor, employment, wages, social insurance, social security, education, health, culture - society... many series of surveys, surveys and practical reflections of Lao Dong Newspaper have provided accurate and vivid data, becoming valuable reference information for the National Assembly's supervision, appraisal and law-making activities" - Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Social Affairs Ta Van Ha emphasized.
Meanwhile, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Chi Nghia, a full-time NA Deputy at the Committee for Culture and Social Affairs, said that Lao Dong Newspaper not only provides faster news about policies, but also helps policies get closer to the lives of workers. A law is only really good when it is built from practice, while practice is not on paper but in factories, construction sites, industrial parks, offices, where workers are working every day.
Lao Dong Newspaper has a special advantage of accessing that reality. This is also what makes up the identity of the newspaper for nearly a century: Always standing in the place with the most problems in labor life to listen, reflect and promote change" - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Chi Nghia said.
Many issues related to salaries, social insurance, labor safety, labor disputes, worker housing... if not detected, reflected and pursued to the end by the press, it is very difficult to fully identify them in the policy-making process. In this aspect, Lao Dong Newspaper has made many remarkable contributions. "I highly appreciate the fact that many articles in the newspaper not only reflect events but also persistently pursue them until functional agencies or policies are adjusted. That is a responsible journalistic approach and creates trust in society" - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Chi Nghia shared and emphasized that Lao Dong Newspaper always pays great attention to the activities of the National Assembly, especially draft laws related to the rights and interests of workers.
Connecting "wire
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Chi Nghia also highly appreciated Lao Dong Newspaper for regularly connecting the opinions of National Assembly deputies with the voices of workers. Many issues are of concern to the National Assembly, many contents are included in the supervision program or continue to be studied and completed in the process of law-making, originating from timely reflections from the press, including Lao Dong Newspaper.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Chi Nghia hopes that Lao Dong Newspaper will maintain its critical bravery. Accompanying policies does not mean just saying things that are favorable. There are regulations that need to be protected, but there are also regulations that need to be questioned and criticized, even requested to be amended when they are no longer suitable for reality. What is precious is that Lao Dong Newspaper has maintained a balance between constructive spirit and critical nature for many years, between protecting the right policies and frankly pointing out policy gaps. That is a very necessary quality of journalism in a rule-of-law state.
After 97 years, what makes the prestige of Lao Dong Newspaper is not only the age of the newspaper, but also the steadfastness with the mission of serving the Fatherland, the people, accompanying workers, and the Trade Union organization. That prestige is built from responsible articles, from persistent pursuit of issues of labor life and from the ability to turn voices from the grassroots level into weighty recommendations in the process of law-making and policy planning" - Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Chi Nghia emphasized.
Sharing this view, National Assembly Deputy of the XV term Nguyen Hoang Bao Tran said that the great value of Lao Dong Newspaper is not only in reflecting the lives of workers and laborers but also in the role of connecting practice with the policy-making process. The issues that the newspaper discovered and reflected from the grassroots level have helped management agencies and National Assembly deputies have more multi-dimensional information to study and consider when completing draft laws, especially policies related to workers, trade unions, social insurance, employment, wages, and social security.
In many National Assembly sessions, Lao Dong Newspaper has always been one of the press agencies closely following legislative activities, promptly recording the opinions of National Assembly deputies, experts and voters. This not only helps people better understand the policies being developed but also creates a forum for many opinions from practice to be received, contributing to perfecting the law in a direction closer to life.
I highly appreciate the spirit of companionship of Lao Dong Newspaper with the Trade Union organization and workers throughout nearly a century. The newspaper not only reflects difficulties, protects the legitimate rights and interests of workers but also contributes to spreading good models, good policies, creating social consensus and promoting the policy planning process to become more practical and effective" - National Assembly Deputy of the XV term Nguyen Hoang Bao Tran said and acknowledged that Lao Dong Newspaper is not only a bridge between workers and state agencies but also a bridge between real life and legislative activities.
