'Many alumni are frontline journalists in difficult, stormy times'

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son (right) presents a certificate of merit to the Institute of Journalism and Communication Training - Photo: QUANG DU

On the morning of November 7 in Hanoi, the Institute of Journalism and Communication, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi celebrated its 30th anniversary.

1990 - exactly 30 years ago marked the event when journalism training and research was placed in a university not in the Party school system, the leading university in training and research in social sciences and humanities in Vietnam - Hanoi University of Science (now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi).

Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thu Huong, Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication, said that from this school, more than 10,000 journalism students have spread to all parts of the country, contributing fast-paced news streams, creating a seamless flow in society, connecting information between the Party, the Government and the people, between businesses and the public.

Paying tribute to the first professors and associate professors teaching at the institute - Photo: QUANG DU

"Many former students are journalists who are always on the front lines during difficult times of storms, floods, and natural disasters. Many journalists are leading writers in the fight against corruption and negativity. Hundreds of former students have received national journalism awards and national journalism awards from various sectors and levels," Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Thu Huong shared.

At the ceremony, the Ministry of Education and Training awarded a certificate of merit to the Institute of Journalism and Communication Training for its outstanding achievements in work.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen The Ky, General Director of Voice of Vietnam, said that students from the Faculty of Journalism (now the Institute of Journalism and Communication) always have their own unique characteristics.

The unique feature is that the faculty was established on the basis of the social science faculties of the University. The social science and humanities quality in journalism students, especially lecturers in the faculty, is very clear.

"People say journalism is not writing, but journalism requires literary quality. It is the teachers who have passed that literary quality on to generations of students," said Mr. Ky.