Spring Newspaper Festival 2025 brings readers experiences of journalistic culture

Spring newspaper festival is a traditional activity of the press in Khanh Hoa Province on every occasion of Lunar New Year. The 2025 edition of Spring Newspaper Festival is jointly organized by Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of Journalists and the Provincial Department of Culture and Sports at Khanh Hoa Library (8 Tran Hung Dao Street, Nha Trang City) from January 20 (lunar December 21, 2024) to February 6 lunar January 9, 2025). Doan Minh Long, Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of Journalists, head of the organizing committee of Spring Newspaper Festival 2025, talks about the festival.

Doan Minh Long, Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial Association of Journalists

-    Spring Newspaper Festival 2025 displays spring publications of many press agencies over the country with diverse content about politics, economics, culture, and society of the country and the province. This year's Spring Newspaper Festival is also an activity to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2025), the 95th anniversary of the founding of Khanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee (February 24, 1930 - February 24, 2025); towards the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa (April 2, 1975 - April 2, 2025) and the 100th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2025).

- What are the notable features of the 2025 Spring Newspaper Festival? 

- Over many years, spring newspaper festival has become a traditional activity, a beautiful cultural activity of the journalists on Lunar New Year occasion as well as a place for press agencies, radio and television stations and journalists to exchange, learn experience and get reviews and opinions from readers in order to overcome limitations and better the quality of work. In order to increase the attractiveness of this year's Spring Newspaper Festival, we pay attention to and focus on the display of the publications. Specifically, we arrange the publications in the shape of numbers symbolizing major events and anniversaries that will take place in 2025. There are also beautifully decorated areas for visitors to take souvenir photos. The organizing committee have asked some schools in Nha Trang City to bring their pupils to the festival. The provincial library will also organize activities to attract readers to the festival.

- How is the number and quality of this year’s spring publications?

- The organizing committee has tried to contact press agencies and journalists’ associations nationwide to exchange spring newspapers for this year’s Spring Newspaper Festival. We have received more than 200 newspapers with over 3,000 publications and propaganda documents of Khanh Hoa Province and press agencies over the country. Although the number of newspapers and publications is less than the previous festivals, the quality, form and content of the publications are very good. In general, the spring publications focus on outstanding achievements in the fields of politics, socio-economics, security and defense of the country and the province. The beautiful covers and quality articles of many newspapers show the dedication of the journalists.  

- The 2025 Spring Newspaper Festival displays documents of the 13th National Party Congress; the 18th Party Congress of Khanh Hoa Province; and documents about Resolution 09 dated January 28, 2022 of the Politburo on construction and development of Khanh Hoa until 2030, with a vision to 2045. After the opening ceremony of the 2025 Spring Newspaper Festival, the organizing committee will nominate some excellent works about Khanh Hoa in the spring publications for prizes and send the publications to libraries and cultural centers in the province. Most of the spring publications will be sent to the people and soldiers living on the islands of Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago to express the love of organizations, units, businesses, and press agencies in the province towards the people and soldiers on Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

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Giang Dinh
Translated by H.N