VO Lao celebrates the 64th anniversary of the establishment of the Media and Publishing Day INTRO: The 64th Lao Media and Publishing Day is celebrated on August 13 to commemorate its foundation. Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Prof. Dr Bosengkham Vongdara has asked the media and publishing and distribution sectors to improve the quality of their products as part of promoting local information and party guidelines. STORY: Minister Prof. Dr Bosengkham told leading media and publication officials from both private and state sectors to place greater emphasis on human resource development in parallel with the use of advanced technology to improve media reports and publication products. He noted that the media and publication sector has witnessed remarkable growth, especially in terms of quantity, in recent years and called for all involved to ‘strive for quality improvement. He told officials that their efforts were appreciated but there is still some room for improvement in the future. The minister also called for greater international cooperation for the sharing of lessons learnt and technology transfer in an effort to improve the media and publication sector in Laos. Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Savankhone Razmountry, said that the media was a valuable tool for explaining important events in national politics, socio-economics and culture. Lao media have been contributing to the success of duties that the Party and state assigned. He said adding that, Lao media have been highly active in capturing information of all fields that will be beneficial and helpful to all Lao ethnic groups in understanding and developing themselves. Deputy Minister Savankhone Razmountry also briefed the meeting on the history of the sector as well as reporting the previous works of both media and publishing said saying, these days there are 127 publications, 63 radio stations and 37 television stations. There are also numerous community radio stations installed in various districts across the country as well as preparations for more FM radio and television stations in Luang Prabang province. To mark such an important day for the media in the country, Ministry of Information, Culture and tourism has launch their website in order to expand and advertise to the ministry framework as well as become a more effective voice of the Party and state in disseminating information related to the national socio-economic development. According to the Minister, these days technology is fast moving in providing information, in particular social media, so a lot of media outlets now also have their own websites. The ministry too now has a website which we are officially launching today, to try to update the quality of information
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 06:01:35 +0000
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