NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, DEC 17
Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Thursday signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Information and Communication, Government of Vietnam on collaboration in the fields of digital media, paving the way for strengthening partnership between India and Vietnam.
भारत व वियतनाम के बीच डिजिटल मीडिया के क्षेत्र में सहयोग बढ़ाने की दिशा में श्री @ianuragthakur ने वियतनाम सरकार के सूचना और संचार मंत्री श्री गुयेन मान हंग के साथ एक आशय पत्र (एलओआई) पर हस्ताक्षर किए,जिससे दोनों के बीच साझेदारी को मजबूत करने का मार्ग प्रशस्त हुआ। pic.twitter.com/TDgcDBzrrH
— Office of Mr. Anurag Thakur (@Anurag_Office) December 16, 2021
The LoI envisages sharing of information and experience in establishing policies and regulatory frameworks on digital media and social networks, and conducting capacity building and training programs for media professionals and officials in the two countries.
- Hung invited Thakur to Vietnam and talked about enabling the journalists of both the countries to access information about the socio-economic developments in each other’s nations for wider dissemination of success stories and stronger people-to-people ties.
The warmth in the relationship between India and Vietnam was reflected in the cordial discussion between the two Ministers at the residence of Thakur. The Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting emphasised that the deep relationship between India and Vietnam was further strengthened with the recent visits of the President and Prime Minister of India to Vietnam, and that Thursday’s meeting would shape the bilateral cooperation in the field of new technologies and challenges, such as the “infodemic”, which all countries are grappling with during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thakur also informed the Vietnamese counterpart about the Digital Media Ethics Code being implemented by the Government since February 2021.
Hung invited Thakur to Vietnam and talked about enabling the journalists of both the countries to access information about the socio-economic developments in each other’s nations for wider dissemination of success stories and stronger people-to-people ties.
The meeting was also attended by Shri Shashi ShekharVempati, CEO, PrasarBharati; Shri JaideepBhatnagar, Principal DG, PIB; and Shri Vikram Sahay, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting among other officials from the Indian and Vietnamese side.
This year completes five years of “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” between India and Vietnam, and the year 2022 will mark fifty years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
