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S.Korea’s ASIA TODAY promotes cooperation with Hanoi Journalists Association
Anh Kiet 17:08, 2019/07/24
ASIA TODAY Media Group wants Vietnam to create favorable conditions for ASIA TODAY to establish a representative office in Hanoi soon.
South Korea's ASIA TODAY wants to promote cooperation with the Hanoi Journalist Association, contributing to building stronger ties between Vietnam and South Korea, Chairman of ASIA TODAY Media Group Woo Jong Soon said during a working visit to Vietnam on July 24.

Woo Jong Soon said that with the spirit of delivering straight and truthful journalism, ASIA TODAY is trying to report quickly and accurately the latest developments in South Korea and around the world.
 
Chairman of ASIA TODAY Media Group Woo Jong Soon shakes hands with To Quang Phan, Chairman of Hanoi Journalist Association – General Director, Editor-in-Chief of Hanoi Radio and Television Station
Chairman of ASIA TODAY Media Group Woo Jong Soon (left) shakes hands with To Quang Phan, Chairman of the Hanoi Journalist Association – General Director, Editor-in-Chief of Hanoi Radio and Television Station. Photo: Thai Phuong
The chairman of ASIA TODAY Media Group believes that ASIA TODAY is the leading newspaper in South Korea in covering global issues.

ASIA TODAY currently owns teams of special reporters and bureaus in Washington (the USA), Beijing (China) and Tokyo (Japan), and delivers news in three languages namely Korean, English and Chinese, Woo Jong Soon added.

He noted that through various media channels, South Korean culture has become familiar to Vietnamese people. 

Woo Jong Soon confirmed that ASIA TODAY is striving to become the leading press agency in building mutual understanding between Vietnam and South Korea and making their friendship ever closer.

In the coming time, the group wants Vietnam to create favorable conditions for ASIA TODAY to establish a representative office in Hanoi soon, Woo Jong Soon said.

For his part, To Quang Phan, chairman of the Hanoi Journalist Association, general director, editor-in-chief of Hanoi Radio and Television Station, emphasized the friendly cooperation between the two countries’ press agencies in particular, as well as Vietnam and South Korea in general.

Representatives of Asia Group and the Hanoi Journalist Association pose for a group photo
Representatives of Asia Group and the Hanoi Journalist Association pose for a group photo

Phan said that the Hanoi Journalist Association currently has more than 1,000 members working in 18 media outlets, including television, print and electronic newspapers. 

Vietnamese press is facing fierce competition from social networks and looking forward to learning experiences from the South Korean media, Phan stressed.

Besides, he hoped that the two sides would discuss more deeply about the cooperation between the journalists of Hanoi and their South Korean colleagues in the era of Industry 4.0.

On the same day, the South Korean press delegation had a visit to Hanoi Radio and Television Station.
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