Vietnam News Agency valuable contributions to resistance war against US

VNA telegraphers stopped at Trang Bang (Tay Ninh) to transfer to base the news on South Vietnam’s President Duong Van Minh announcing his surrender on April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA files)

For 15 years (1960-1975), reporters of the Liberation News Agency and VNA always stood side by side and were present at all battles to promptly inform the feats of arms of our soldiers. In the photo: Reporters of the Liberation News Agency and VNA report on the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, April 1975. (Photo: VNA files)

Reporter Hua Kiem of VNA met with the Saigonese to report news and take photos regarding the victory of the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign in 1975 which liberated the South and reunified the country. (Photo: VNA files)

Reporter Dinh Quang Thanh of VNA met and gathered information from the Saigonese on the day of liberation, April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA files)

During the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign, the Liberation News Agency launched two large troops together with a number of VNA reporters closely following the main armed units, quickly reporting information about the battles, the battlefield situation. In the photo: A group of key reporters of the VNA reported on the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, April 1975. (Photo: VNA files)

On the battlefield in the South, officers, reporters and telegraphers of the Liberation News Agency have stood steadfastly in extremely fierce areas, operating in the most difficult situation. In the photo: A team of photo printing staff (B22) of the Liberation News Agency. (Photo: Liberation News Agency files)

During the historic Ho Chi Minh campaign, the Liberation News Agency launched two large troops together with a number of VNA reporters closely following the main armed units, quickly reporting information about the battles, the battlefield situation. In the photo: Reporters of the VNA and Liberation News Agency joining the Ho Chi Minh Campaign marched to Sai Gon. (Photo: VNA files)

In the photo: Photojournalist Phong Van (pen name Chinh Van) of the Liberation News Agency reported on information about guerrillas in An Phu commune, Cu Chi district after they shot down American aircrafts, April 1975. (Photo: Nguyen Duc Canh /Liberation News Agency)

Reporter of the Liberation News Agency working in Dong Thap Muoi. (Photo: Liberation News Agency files)

In the photo: Reporter of the Liberation News Agency Nguyen Duc Giap (behind) and his colleagues on their way to Saigon during the Ho Chi Minh campaign, April 1975. (Photo: Liberation News Agency files)

In the photo: Reporters of VNA and Liberation News Agency on the way to Saigon, on April 30, 1975. (Photo: VNA files)

Reporters of the Liberation News Agency working in Cu Chi battlefield. (Photo: Liberation News Agency files)

Reporters of the VNA and the Liberation News Agency at the gateway to Sai Gon, early morning, April 39, 1975 (Photo: VNA files)

In the photo: VNA reporters Tran Mai Huong, Ngoc Dan and Hoang Thieu passing Hai Van pass to liberate Da Nang, on March 29, 1975. (Photo: Lam Hong Long / VNA)

Deputy Editor-in-Chief Do Phuong (third left) sees off the VNA reporters to battlefield B, March 1975. (Photo: VNA files)

The telegrapher team of the Liberation News Agency send news to the headquarters during the war days. (Photo: VNA files)