In recognition of the 91^st anniversary of Viet Nam’s Revolutionary Press Day (21 June), a get-together took place in Da Nang on Monday for leaders, editors and reporters from the city-based media agencies.

Municipal Party Committee Secretary Nguyen Xuan Anh highly praised the local media agencies for becoming actively involved in promoting the city’s progress over recent years.  In particular, there were timely and accurate reports about the 21^st Congress of the municipal Party Committee (PC) for the 2015 - 2020 tenure in October 2015, and the 4 June trip boat incident on the Han River.

Secretary Anh addressing the event

He emphasised that the media agencies are always useful information channels for constructive recommendations which help the city leaders uphold their leadership capacity, and take effective measures to deal with local issues in a prompt and effective manner.

Also at the event, municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairman Dang Viet Dung announced that the city authorities will carry out an action programme to effectively implement the resolutions which were adopted at the 21^st Congress.

Importance will also be attached to completing local projects in preparation for the 5^th Asian Beach Games in the city from 24 September to 3 October this year, the 25^th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in October 2017, and other large-scale events next year.