TPO – On the morning of March 10, 2010, an international scientific seminar “Against insulting honor, dignity, prestige, posting false news in the media” took place at the Press Academy. transmission, Hanoi.
The workshop was organized in collaboration with the Institute of Press and Communication, the British Embassy to share experiences between the UK and Vietnam on the above issue.
The seminar was attended by a large number of press managers, journalism lecturers, scientists and journalists. In particular, the seminar was attended by Mr. Stephen Whittle and Ms. Tran Le Thuy from Reuters Institute of Press Research (University of Oxford, UK). Stephen Whittle used to be the BBC’s most senior editor in charge of content policy controls.
Many presentations were presented at the seminar from both the UK and Vietnam to clarify the current situation, seek solutions to protect the legitimate rights of readers, individuals, organizations and journalists in the period. The current.
Mr. Stephen Whittle and Ms. Tran Le Thuy have papers on “Regulations against infringement of honor, dignity and prestige in England and Vietnam”. With the regulations in the UK, the two authors emphasized the basis to defend and protect journalists from accusations of British courts related to this issue by many reports in British daily newspapers. Currently there is a risk of infringing on honor, dignity and prestige. Explaining why the media can publish such information, the two authors said, it is for the public interest.
Reading the seminar’s speech, Dr. Hoang Huu Luong – Director of the Press Department, Ministry of Information and Communication affirmed: “The fight against insulting honor, dignity, prestige, posting false news in the press is The importance of the Ministry of Information and Communication’s state management of the press requires a combination of information orientation, legal propaganda and strict handling of violations. In recent years, this has been done well by the Ministry, contributing to ensuring information work but also protecting the rights of organizations and citizens ”.
In order to make this work better, according to Mr. Luong, one of the measures is to perfect relevant legal documents, including the development of a new Press Law to facilitate the development of the press. healthy and improve the state management of the press.
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