Hai Duong Newspaper promptly comments and orients major issues

Help readers understand correctly and fully

In the morning, Mr. Vu Van Tu, from Chua Thuong village, An Thuong commune (Hai Duong city), who lives and works in Hanoi, has a habit of reading newspapers on his mobile phone. The first electronic newspaper he opens is Hai Duong newspaper and the "Perspective" column is the one he reads most carefully. "In the storm of information, readers are tired of confusing news. Therefore, we need political articles to analyze, comment, evaluate, explain the profound aspects, give opinions and forecasts on the issue, refute false information, and defend correct viewpoints," said Mr. Tu.

Anh Tu has been reading Hai Duong Newspaper regularly every morning since General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away. Before that, he only accessed it occasionally when he wanted to know information about his hometown. When General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong passed away, some bad guys spread rumors on social networks that "The death of the furnace stoker had many unexpected details", "Although he was the furnace stoker, he was the last piece of firewood", "After Mr. Trong passed away, a big question is what will be the direction of Vietnam?"... Bad guys distorted and incited to lower the prestige and leadership role of the Communist Party of Vietnam, sowing doubt in society. At that time, Anh Tu and some of his peers also felt a bit confused. However, with a series of articles by experts, researchers, and scholars at home and abroad published in newspapers, especially about 10 political and commentary articles in Hai Duong Newspaper, he had a correct understanding of the above issue.

For over a year now, every time he picks up the Hai Duong newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Huu Sang, Director of the State Treasury of Nam Sach district, immediately reads the "Current events & reflections" section. "Hai Duong newspaper has very good, quick, and timely commentary articles that clearly express the editorial office's viewpoint and guide public opinion. I am quite impressed with the articles about General Secretary To Lam right after he took office. The newspaper has provided accurate and reliable news in the context of overwhelming and confusing information on the internet," said Mr. Sang.

Edged Weapon

Political commentary is a difficult genre among journalism genres and is quite picky about who writes it. Previously, the number of political articles in Hai Duong Newspaper was often much less than other genres. Many reporters of Hai Duong Newspaper were afraid to write or could not write to meet the requirements of this genre.

In the current era of technology explosion, on social networking platforms there are countless sources of information and diverse comments, difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, right and wrong, people have an increasing need to access political journalism works with the function of both providing current information, analyzing, discussing, proving, and convincingly explaining, thereby being able to understand, trust, listen, and follow...

Recognizing the particularly important role of political journalism in the trend of modern journalism, the leaders of Hai Duong Newspaper actively participated in writing and directing specialized departments to improve the quality and quantity of articles in this genre in print and online newspapers in different sections such as: "Current events & Reflections", "Let's discuss", "Weekend Coffee", "Perspectives", "Protecting the Party's ideological foundation"... From 2023, every print newspaper issue will have a political article on the front page in the sections "Current events & Reflections" (current events newspaper), "Weekend Coffee" (weekend newspaper), presented in a prominent position. On online newspapers, political and commentary articles are posted daily in the "Perspectives" section, making it easy for readers to identify and read.

The number of people participating in writing political commentary in Hai Duong Newspaper has also been expanded. In addition to the staff and reporters in the editorial office, the newspaper also attracts and orders many collaborators who are experts, leaders, managers, researchers, teachers, famous journalists, senior journalists, etc., creating diversity and richness with many articles containing high levels of information and opinions. In addition, this type of journalism in the newspaper also has the participation of readers who want to express their thoughts and actions on hot current issues of the locality and the country.

The political journalism genre requires writers to have in-depth knowledge, high qualifications, strong character, and political sensitivity, so the Editorial Board of Hai Duong Newspaper has coordinated to organize many training courses to improve the qualifications and journalism skills of the staff, editors, and reporters. The staff and reporters have actively studied, accumulated knowledge, practical experience, innovated thinking, created, practiced analytical and evaluation skills, improved ethics and qualities of journalists, etc. In particular, the Editorial Board is interested in training, guiding, and encouraging young reporters to gradually approach this difficult genre to have successor writers.

The content of the political and commentary articles in Hai Duong newspaper is very diverse, in all fields, closely following major, important, current issues of public interest, criticizing and refuting wrong and hostile viewpoints, protecting the ideological foundation of the Party... In those works, one can find the unique style of each author. Some write firmly and eloquently, some write clearly and concisely, some write deeply and concisely, some write simply and deeply...

Many articles have effectively promoted the strengths of this genre, with a layer of theoretical information that is both scientific and combative and carries the breath of life, receiving positive feedback from readers such as articles about the important contributions of the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the Party, the country and the people; fighting against the distorted argument of "hitting a mouse breaks a vase" in the fight against corruption and negativity "without forbidden areas, without exceptions" of our Party and people; worrying about the lives of medical staff; not letting overcharging in schools; being helpless or ignoring the Temu phenomenon?; about the Thich Minh Tue phenomenon...

In the coming time, Hai Duong Newspaper will continue to invest in and innovate the political genre with specialized articles and comments to keep up with the healthy needs and tastes of readers, constantly improving the quality to match the development trend of modern journalism.