Vietnam News Agency – 75 years of pride

During its 15 years of operation between 1960 and 1975, the Liberation News Agency moved its temporary office dozens of times to ensure the safety of the staff. In the photo: Technicians of the Liberation News Agency send news from the battlefield.(Photo:VNA)

The first piece of news by the Liberation News Agency was launched in 1960. (Photo: Liberation News Agency/VNA)

A group of reporters from the Hanoi-based Vietnam News Agency joined the Ho Chi Minh Campaign to support the Liberation News Agency in the south. (Photo: VNA)

A telegrapher of the B8 department of the Liberation News Agency transmits news. (Photo: VNA)

In March 1973, 150 reporters, telegraphers and technicians from the Hanoi-based Vietnam News Agency  to support the Liberation News Agency in the south.( Photo: VNA)

Frontline VNA reporters broadcast news from the battlefield during the Ho Chi Minh Campaign in April 1975. (Photo: VNA)

Photographer Phong Van of the Liberation News Agency asked for information about guerilla fighters in An Phu commune, Cu Chi district who shot down an American plane, April 1975. (Photo: VNA)

Reporters of the Liberation News Agency on the way to Saigon. (Photo: VNA)

Reporters of the Liberation News Agency worked on the Cu Chi battlefield.( Photo: VNA)

Fostering professional press photography for reporters at the base of the Liberation News Agency. (Photo:VNA)

The Liberation News Agency always maintained the “lifeblood” of information and was present at most of the fronts and hot spots on the southern battlefield.In the photo: A technician of the Liberation News Agency works on a Teletype machine. (Photo: Liberation News Agency/VNA)

President Ho Chi Minh instructed reporter Tue Oanh of the Vietnam News Agency on how to write a report on the occasion of the third National Assembly election (April 26, 1964). (Photo: VNA)

With more than 260 martyrs, the VNA is the media agency with the largest number of journalists who laid down their lives. In the photo: Luong Nghia Dung, a war photojournalist from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) who died on the battlefield of Quang Tri during the resistance war against America. (Photo: VNA)

First Secretary of the Party Central Committee Le Duan visited the Vietnam News Agency, on February 14, 1967. (Photo: VNA)

VNA’s information products have become fast and reliable channels for the domestic and foreign public. (Photo: VNA)

President Le Duc Anh awarded the Gold Star Order to the VNA on the occasion of its 50th anniversary (September 15, 1945 – September 15, 1995).( Photo: VNA)

President Tran Duc Luong awarded the title Hero of the People’s Armed Forces to the VNA in 2005. (Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Do Muoi visited the News for Foreign Service Department during a working visit to the VNA, on September 1, 1995.( Photo: VNA)

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong presented the Ho Chi Minh Order, for the second time, by the President to the VNA on the occasion of its 65th anniversary (September 15, 1945 – September 15, 2010).( Photo: VNA)

Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh presented the title Labor Hero to the VNA on June 21, 2001.( Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the Press Photography Department during a working visit to the VNA on January, 2012.( Photo: VNA)

President Tran Dai Quang and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin witness the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the VNA and the Sputnik News Agency. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second from right) visits the Vietnam News Agency’s booth at the 2019 National Press Festival.( Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un visited a photo exhibition about the relationship between North Korea and Vietnam by the VNA during the North Korean leader’s state visit to Vietnam on March 1, 2019.( Photo: VNA)

The session on challenges and solutions to improve the efficiency of news agencies in the digital era at the 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting which opened on April 19 in Hanoi, hosted by the VNA.( Photo: VNA)

Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh had a working visit to Vietnam Pictorial on the 50th anniversary of its first issue (October 15, 1954 – October 15, 2004). (Photo: VNA)

On April 27, 2009, General Vo Nguyen Giap approved a special issue of Vietnam pictorial on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the historic Dien Bien Phu victory. (Photo: VNA)

General Director of Vietnam News Agency Nguyen Duc Loi, member of the Party Central Committee offers incense to commemorate those reporters who died during the war. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents a certificate of merit to Vietnam News Agency in recognition of its contributions to the preparation and organisation of the WEF-ASEAN 2018 from Sept. 11-13, 2018 in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised Vietnam News Agency for its outstanding achievements in popularising the seconds US-DPRK Summit in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends a ceremony presenting the 2018 National External Information Service Awards held at VNA headquarters, June 7, 2019 (Photo: VNA)

Deputy General Director Vu Viet Trang, on behalf of VNA, receives Prime Minister’s certificate of merit for outstanding achievements in information popularization on COVID-19 prevention and control (June 16, 2000) (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and VNA leaders and journalists who win the 2019 National Press Award (June 21, 2020) (Photo: VNA)

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and VNA leaders and journalists who win the 2019 National External Information Service Awards (July 28, 2020) (Photo: VNA)