Also attending the conference were comrades in the Party Committee, Editorial Board; and all cadres, reporters, editors, workers, soldiers and employees of the People's Army Newspaper.

Major General Doan Xuan Bo, Party Secretary and Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, spoke at the conference.
Conference scene.

The interim report presented by Colonel Le Ngoc Long, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper at the conference stated that in the first 6 months of 2025, the People's Army Newspaper thoroughly grasped the instructions of superiors, closely followed important events to propagate promptly, prominently, in accordance with the purpose, with quality, in the right direction, with diverse ways of expression, orienting public opinion well, and spreading widely.

Notably, many propaganda articles were organized on the Resolutions of the Party Central Committee and the Resolution of the Central Military Commission on leading the implementation of the country's common tasks; military and defense tasks and building the Army Party Committee in 2025.

In particular, the People's Army Newspaper published a 100-page special issue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975/April 30, 2025) with impressive content and presentation. The propaganda work to protect the Party's ideological foundation and fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints was promoted, contributing to the defeat of the plots and tricks of " peaceful evolution", preventing the risk of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party. The newspaper also successfully organized the closing ceremony and awarded the prizes for the 4th Writing Contest "Protecting the Party's ideological foundation in the new situation" (2024-2025) and launched the 5th Contest (2025-2026).

Colonel Ngo Anh Thu, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, disseminated the resolution of the People's Army Newspaper Party Committee on leadership in implementing tasks in the last 6 months of 2025.
Colonel Le Ngoc Long, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, presented a report on the results of implementing tasks in the first 6 months of the year and deploying tasks for the last 6 months of 2025.

In addition, collectives and individuals of the People's Army Newspaper have won many prestigious national and local press awards, typically 1 A prize and 1 B prize - National Press Award 2024; 1 B prize - Dien Hong Award; 1 C prize - Golden Hammer and Sickle Award; and 1 B prize - Press Award on Party building and the political system of Hanoi city; 2 A prizes, 1 B prize and 3 C prizes in the contest for composing and promoting literary, artistic and press works of the Ministry of National Defense on the topic of armed forces and revolutionary war in the period 2020-2025.

The People's Army Newspaper has done a good job of preparing and successfully organizing the Party Congress for the 2025-2027 term and the Party Congress of the People's Army Newspaper for the 2025-2030 term in accordance with the plan and instructions from above. Logistics, finance, technology, and information technology for the tasks are well ensured, and the lives of cadres, reporters, editors, staff, soldiers, and workers are well taken care of.

Speaking at the conference, Major General Doan Xuan Bo, Party Secretary and Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, requested that cadres, reporters, and editors continue to promote the established motto of "Solidarity, democracy, discipline, professionalism, and breakthrough," to promote the combined strength of the entire editorial office, aiming for professionalism in all work, not just journalism. He also emphasized the immediate overarching task of continuing to implement the Project "Building the People's Army Newspaper to become a key, multimedia media agency by 2030, with a vision to 2045" in accordance with the approval of superiors. In particular, People's Army Newspaper reporters need to take advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) to make their work more convenient, "consider AI as a support tool, master technology, not let artificial intelligence lead but must proactively master technology".

Colonel Nguyen Hong Hai, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, spoke at the conference.

Sharing the same view with the Editor-in-Chief, Colonel Nguyen Hong Hai, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, said that reporters and editors of the editorial office need to change their mindset and know how to use AI. He cited the fact that Google Search lost 64% of its traffic in just one year, because AI has the ability to meet the needs of rich information, personalize and filter information accurately according to users' commands, helping them not need to read many websites or use social networks. He affirmed that every journalist does not need to become an IT engineer, but must learn essential technology content through self-study and actively participate in training programs of the editorial office as well as the Vietnam Journalists Association.

Contributing his opinion at the conference, Colonel Nguyen Xuan Hoa, Deputy Head of the Electronic Newspaper Editorial Department, People's Army Newspaper, emphasized the importance of creating valuable works of good quality content, thereby storing them into valuable data blocks in the editorial office; and affirmed that this is the most valuable asset of generations of journalists of People's Army Newspaper. He suggested that each journalist, reporter, and editor should promote their own responsibility, strive for the common work of the editorial office, integrate their personal ego into the "we" of the collective, to move together, and contribute to the development of the newspaper in the coming time.

Colonel Tran Anh Tuan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, launched a peak emulation campaign in the entire editorial office with the theme "Raising high the August red flag - Competing to win 3 first prizes."
Representatives of departments, divisions and organizations of the editorial office signed the emulation agreement.

At the conference, Colonel Tran Anh Tuan, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, launched a peak emulation campaign in the entire editorial office with the theme "Raising the August Red Flag - Emulating to Win 3 First Places" from July 10 to October 31, 2025, aiming to achieve achievements to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, to welcome the 11th Army Emulation Congress for Victory, and the 12th Army Party Congress.

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