TTLV: Innovation in the operation of the Popular News Block at Vietnam News Agency today

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 8, 1984

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 1936/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 10, 2011 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic: Innovation in the operation of the Popular News Block at Vietnam News Agency today

8. Major: Journalism; Code: 60320101

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Minh Son, Academy of Journalism and Communication

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis "Innovation of the activities of the Popular News Block at Vietnam News Agency today" initially clarified the theoretical and practical basis for the innovation activities of the Popular News Block, the World News Editorial Board, VNA. The thesis also clarified the current status of the activities of the Popular News Block, analyzed the advantages and limitations of this activity. In addition, the thesis also studied the experience of editing world news at some other press agencies in Vietnam. Finally, the thesis proposed a number of solutions to innovate the activities of the Popular News Block, the World News Editorial Board, VNA today.

11. Practical application:

The contributions of the topic will be valuable suggestions to further improve the activities of the Popular News Block and the World News Editorial Board to bring readers the best products, suitable to the needs and modern development trends.

12. Further research directions: can study the representation of international issues on world news bulletins of VNA

13. Published works related to the thesis:

- Printed newspapers in the digital age: Waiting for a new era (Customs Newspaper, No. 74+75+76, published on June 20, 2013, page 18)

- The key to solving ASEAN's challenges (Customs Newspaper, No. 62, released on May 23, 2013, page 12)

- Tension on the Korean Peninsula: Waiting for the South Korean “mediator” (Customs Newspaper, No. 44, published on April 11, 2013, page 12)

- Two economic confrontations in 2013 (Customs Newspaper, No. 3, published on January 6, 2013, page 15)

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 8, 1984 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 1936/QD-XHNV-SDH Dated Oct. 10, 2011

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: Innovating current activity of producing news for the public of Vietnam News Agency (VNA)

8. Major: Journalism 9. Code: 60320101

10. Supervisors: Ass. Prof. Dr. Pham Minh Son, Academy of Journalism & Communication

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Thesis “Innovating current activity of producing news for the public of Vietnam News Agency” provides the theory and practice for innovating activity of producing news for the public of World News Department, VNA. The thesis also reveals how to produce news for the public, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of this process. Besides, the thesis studied the experiences of editing world news at several press agencies. Finally, the thesis suggests some solutions in order to innovate the activity of producing news for the public of World News Department, VNA.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The contribution of the thesis would be a value suggestion which innovates the activity of producing news for the public of World News Departments, VNA, with the aims of bringing the best world news to the public.

13. Further research directions, if any: study on the interpretation of world issues in VNA's world news.

14. Thesis-related publications:

- Newspaper in digital era: Waiting for the new dawn (Customs newspaper, No 74+75+76, published on June 20, 2013, page 18)

- Key to ASEAN's challenges (Customs Newspaper, No 62, published on May 23, 2013, page 12)

- Tension on Korean Peninsula: Waiting for Korean peacemaker (Customs Newspaper, No 44, published on April 11, 2013, page 12)

- Bipolar economies in 2013 (Customs Newspaper, No 3, published on January 6, 2013, page 15)