The Journalists Association sets an example, actively participates, and stands side by side with press agencies.

At the national conference, summarizing the work in 2023 and deploying key tasks in 2024 held in Ho Chi Minh City, journalist Le Van Toa - Chairman of Lam Dong Provincial Journalists Association shared about enhancing the role of Journalists Associations at all levels in protecting the Party's ideological foundation.

Accordingly, in Lam Dong province, this is a large province located in the Southern Central Highlands, with a very complex terrain and population. Journalists in the province must face and fight against hostile forces, fight against disgruntled subjects, political opportunists...

Journalist Le Van Toa shared: Lam Dong Provincial Journalists Association always determines that, on this front, press agencies play a key role in the struggle; journalist members must be the spearhead, leading the way because that is the responsibility, the courage; the professional capacity and the ethics of journalist members...

The Journalists Association always tries to set an example; to join forces, stand side by side with press agencies, together with its members, to fight uncompromisingly against reactionary and hostile forces. Only when the Association can do it can it speak…

From 2021 to now, Lam Dong press has been operating quite synchronously on this front. Lam Dong Newspaper opened a column to protect the Party's ideological foundation in print, online newspapers and on social networking platforms: Facebook, Youtube.

Lam Dong Radio and Television Station also opened a column to refute hostile and erroneous viewpoints on the provincial radio and television. All of these columns were translated into the languages ​​of ethnic minorities (K'ho; Cil) and posted on the Radio and Television system; Electronic Information Page... LangBiang Magazine of the Provincial Literature and Arts Association also increased the Party's ideological content in literary works, poetry, short stories...

According to journalist Le Van Toa: At the Office of the Provincial Journalists Association, after receiving the support of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Steering Committee 35, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Department of Information and Communications, in September 2021, we officially aired the program "Forum 216", directly fighting against anti-communist forces, refuting hostile and erroneous views on the Youtube platform to protect the Party, protect the regime (investing entirely with personal money, not using the state budget)...

“Up to now, we have produced more than 260 programs. Of which, more than 100 are direct rebuttal programs; the average duration of each program is from 12 to 15 minutes; attracting nearly 60 thousand registered viewers, tens of millions of views, millions of likes and hundreds of thousands of comments; tens of thousands of shares” - journalist Le Van Toa added.

Exposing hostile and erroneous views is an inseparable political task.

In addition to focusing on strengthening propaganda measures to improve legal understanding, awareness and responsibility of journalists and people about the sabotage of hostile forces. Journalist Le Van Toa affirmed: Never think that there will come a day when hostile forces and political opportunists will stop sabotaging, distorting, and opposing the Party and the regime. Therefore, we should determine that this will be a never-ending struggle. This struggle is not for those who are weak in stance, lack courage, lack perseverance, are indifferent and apathetic...

In fact, in recent times, many journalists have had to appear in court and receive sentences for propagandizing against the Party and the State... This raises the issue of education, ideological training and ideological supervision in journalistic activities. This is also a task that the Provincial Journalists Association always cares about.

The Chairman of the Lam Dong Provincial Journalists Association said: "On this front, hostile and reactionary forces mainly use press and media tools, especially online media, to propagate sabotage, spread ideology, incite violence, and call for protests. They established the so-called Independent Journalists Association, the leaders of this organization are comrades, colleagues, people who once looked in the same direction with us, walked with us on the same path, now facing each other on two ideological fronts... Therefore, this is a struggle that requires revolutionary journalists to be: steadfast in character, profound in intelligence, sharp in theory, and bright in morality..."

Journalist Le Van Toa suggested: The Journalists Association at all levels must be a gathering agency in the quartet including the Association - Newspaper - Radio - magazines in the area. The Association must know how to connect, assign roles, share information, avoid generalities and formalities. Only then can the Association clearly demonstrate its role; promote the strengths of press agencies, types of journalism and especially promote social networking platforms to synchronize content to refute hostile and erroneous viewpoints, protect the Party's ideological foundation...

Journalist Le Van Toa further emphasized: To protect Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's ideology, one must have knowledge and understanding of what one must protect. Therefore, the responsibility of the Journalists Association at all levels is to foster political knowledge; foster theoretical skills; educate journalists on ethics based on the 10 Articles of Journalist Ethics and the Code of Conduct for Journalists in Cyberspace... Consider this a regular, long-term task.

Journalists' Associations at all levels need to promptly encourage and motivate journalist members, and have a mechanism to promptly reward journalists who take the lead in this field, journalists who have many articles refuting erroneous and hostile viewpoints on cyberspace, protecting the Party's ideological foundation, protecting the regime... Research and compile documents on skills to refute erroneous and hostile viewpoints and include them in the annual professional training program.