At the talks (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Laos news agencyKhaosan Pathet Lao (KPL) have agreed to cooperate to improve information qualityin 2020.
Theconsensus was reached during talks between VNA Deputy General Director Le QuocMinh and KPL General Director Sounthone Khanthavong in the Lao capital city ofVientiane on December 8.
Thetwo sides also pledged to work together to step up the communication work topromote the friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperationbetween the two agencies as well as between the Vietnamese and Lao Parties,States and peoples.
TheVNA will continue to help the Lao agency upgrade its website //kpl.la, provide KPL with professional training andprovide studio equipment in 2020.
Meanwhile,the KPL will assist the VNA in publishing the Lao version of its VietnamPictorial in Laos and popularising the VNA’s e-newspapers like VietnamPictorial and VietnamPlus on its website, while supporting Lao-based VNAcorrespondents.
Onthis occasion, the VNA presented a number of technical equipment to its Laocounterpart.
Atthe end of the meeting, Minh and Sounthone Khanthavong signed the talks’ minuteswhich will serve as a foundation for the implementation of cooperationprogrammes and plans in the time to come.
VNA Deputy General Director Le Quoc Minh (left) and Lao Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune (Photo: VNA) Thesame day, Minh was received by Lao Minister of Information, Culture and TourismKikeo Khaykhamphithoune.
Minhinformed his host that the VNA has maintained special and close ties with theKPL, adding that the Vietnamese State-run news agency has set up bilateral andmultilateral cooperation with more than 40 major news agencies andorganisations in the world.
Despitethe difficulties it faces, the VNA has done its best to help the Lao agency,particularly in personnel training and technical infrastructure upgrade, tomeet the increasing demand for information in the new era, the VNA DeputyDirector General said, adding that the Vietnamese agency will continue with theassistance, especially in human resources development.
Heasked the Lao Government and Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism tofurther back relations between the two agencies, and facilitate the operationof VNA correspondents in the country.
Forhis part, Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune rejoiced at the close and effectivecollaboration between the two news agencies, and urged the VNA to continuesharing its experience with the Lao side.
Theagencies should seek suitable and effective training methods to raiseprofessional skills for Lao officials, journalists and editors, the ministersaid, expressing his hope for stronger relations between the agencies./.
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