Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung emphasized this at the launch of VNA television channel on August 25,in celebration of the agency’s 65^th founding anniversary (September 15).  .

Following a two-month test run, the channel made its debut with its official name “VNEWS”, marking an important milestone in VNA’s road map to operate as a communications consortium.

“This is a significant event in the nation’s press and communications activities as it affirms VNA’s role in the new circumstance and in serving the Party’s leadership and instruction and the State’s management and execution, and meeting the people’s needs for information,” Mr. Dung said.

The government leader affirmed that the Party and the State will continue to support VNA in accomplishing its assigned tasks successfully.

He asked relevant ministries, central agencies, provinces, cities, economic groups and enterprises to provide VNA with official information promptly and accurately as required so that the newswire agency can inform the local and foreign public officially and quickly.

VNA Director-General Tran Mai Huong said VNEWS will broadcast throughout the day with constantly updated current events and latest news in all fields, political, economic, cultural and social.

VNEWS broadcasts will be on the VCTV, HTV-BTS, HCTV, SCTV, Nacencom, and IPTV on the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation’s MyTV.

The channel will be present on Kplus (K+) – a satellite digital television network under the logo “TTXVN”, on cable TV systems run by different provinces and cities, and on digital TV service packages.

Broadcasts will also be launched directly and kept online at http://vnews.vnanet.vn