In his opening speech at the workshop, Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Trong Lam, Director - Editor-in-Chief of the National Political Publishing House, stated that President Ho Chi Minh was the first communist in Vietnam to clearly recognize and effectively promote the role and importance of publishing, an important tool to serve the revolutionary cause and build a new society, playing a key role in disseminating revolutionary ideology, educating and raising political awareness of the masses.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Trong Lam, after nearly 80 years of construction and development, under the leadership of the Party, the Vietnamese revolutionary publishing industry has achieved historical achievements in education, knowledge opening, and ideological enlightenment for the people and is a sharp political and ideological weapon in condemning colonialism and imperialism, propagating Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh thought, the Party's viewpoints and guidelines, the State's policies and laws, encouraging and motivating the entire population to participate in the revolutionary cause, the struggle for national liberation, and the construction and defense of the Fatherland.

"In the process of national renewal, the publishing industry continues to demonstrate its important role in the Party's ideological and cultural work, its core role in providing knowledge, renewing theoretical thinking, widely propagating the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State, fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, motivating cadres, party members and people to promote socio-economic development, maintain national defense and security, actively integrate into the international community, affirm the country's role, position and prestige in the region and the world," Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Trong Lam emphasized.

Speaking at the workshop, comrade Phan Xuan Thuy - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department stated that in the current context, those working in publishing, especially leaders of publishing houses, must first of all thoroughly grasp President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on publishing, innovate thinking, be dynamic and creative in activities, meet the reading needs of the people, and effectively serve the cause of national construction and development.

In addition, strengthening the direction, orientation, and perfecting the mechanism and policies to promote the development of the publishing industry to better fulfill the mission of preserving and disseminating knowledge and effectively implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws. Many enthusiastic opinions, profound lessons, valuable proposals and solutions presented at the workshop are the basis for publishers, printing and book distribution units nationwide, along with ministries, departments, branches and localities to continue to improve the efficiency and quality of the publishing industry's operations.

Phan Anh