User:Khangninh99/Lao Dong (Newspaper)

The Labor Newspaper (Lao Dong Newspaper) is the information agency of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor. This is one of the oldest and most influential newspapers in the current Vietnamese government's media system. The current Editor-in-Chief of Lao Dong newspaper is Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hien.

History
Only one month after its establishment, on July 14, 1929, the Provisional Central Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party issued a directive on the establishment of a trade union in Tonkin. On July 28, 1929, the Red Trade Union of Tonkin was established. Mr. Nguyen Duc Canh, provisional member of the Central Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party was appointed as Head of the Executive Committee.

Two weeks later, with the help of a Party establishment, on August 14, 1929, a newspaper printed in clay, on Dap Cau paper with one side roughened on one side, 22x30cm in size, took the name Lao newspaper. was born in a small room of 10m2 in Thong Phong Lane, Hang Bot Street (Hanoi). The newspaper staff was initially edited by Mr. Nguyen Duc Canh, with 2 journalists, Tran Hong Van (Tran Hoc Hai) and a female party member named Thu Van. Towards the end of 1929, a member of the Indochinese Communist Party, Nguyen Cong Mieu, brought 60 copies of Labor to distribute to Union establishments in Saigon - Cho Lon.

On December 3, 1989, No. 1 of Sunday Labor ( Lao Động Chủ nhật) was released.

In early March 1990, the newspaper published a series of investigative reports on credit in perfume Thanh Huong by Nguyen Van Muoi Hai.

In 1995, Lao Dong newspaper was invited to participate in international exhibitions in Paris and Le Havre (1996). At this exhibition, Courrier International voted Lao Dong newspaper as a famous newspaper along with 200 other newspapers in the world..

On May 19, 1999, Lao Dong Online newspaper was born, the first digital newspaper in Vietnam.

Editor-in-Chief
During his existence, there were 13 generations of Editor-in-Chief. Here are the names of some of them:


 * Nguyễn Đức Cảnh (1929-1932)
 * Nguyễn Văn Trân (1943)
 * Đỗ Trọng Giang (1949-1961)
 * Lê Vân (1961-1978)
 * Trần Nhật Dụ (1978-1985)
 * Xuân Cang (1985-1988)
 * Tống Văn Công (1988-1995)
 * Phạm Huy Hoàn (1995-2004)
 * Vương Văn Việt (2004 - 2012)
 * Trần Duy Phương (2012 - 2016)
 * Nguyễn Ngọc Hiển (2016 - Today)

Content
Currently, the Newspaper has two forms of publication, which are paper publications and electronic versions. In terms of content, the newspaper always upholds the views and guidelines of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, providing information in all areas of life: politics, economy, sports sports, law... The target audience of the newspaper is to readers who are in the working age range from 18 to 60 years old.

In terms of distribution, this is the only newspaper in the country that has a free local page for its readers. With a publishing capacity of 6 issues/week, with a volume of 230,000 copies/period, Lao Dong Newspaper is one of the largest newspapers in Vietnam.

Multimedia journalism
Lao Dong Newspaper is one of the pioneer newspapers in Vietnam in applying new technologies to the construction of multimedia products. Lao Dong Newspaper has a modern multimedia content production management network based on the NDI (Network Device Interface) connection protocol using technology from NewTek (USA). This production network connects and synchronizes the production image signal from the central studio located at the editorial office with other studios in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho... and connects directly with a remoted news production equipment of reporters.

From January 2020, Lao Dong Newspaper started to deploy and regularly implement 8 daily TV newscasts along with talkshow programs, live TV Programe, and investigatement reports broadcast on Lao Dong newspaper and Youtube channel of Lao Dong Newspaper.

Lao Dong newspaper is also one of the first newspapers in Vietnam to produce interactive multimedia products (interactive graphics, visual story...).

On July 8, 2021, for the first time in Vietnam, Lao Dong Newspaper officially launched a TV newscast using a virtual editor automatically produced by artificial intelligence technology (AI) based on LDO-AI system. This is a project self-researched and developed by the Lao Dong Newspaper in a series of comprehensive digital transformation activities and innovation of multimedia products in order to catch up with the world's latest media trends. .

Social activities
The newspaper is also the sponsor for many social activities such


 * Golden Heart Foundation
 * Labor Office - Employment
 * Vietnam Intelligence Competition

Reward

 * Independence Medal First Class (1999, August 14, 2014)
 * Labor Medal First Class (1978)
 * Third Class Labor Medal (Golden Heart Foundation, 2001)
 * Third Class Labor Medal
 * 4 Certificate of Merit from the Government
 * 16 Certificates of Merit from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor
 * 9 Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Culture and Information (now as Ministry of Information and Communication)
 * 10 Certificates of Merit from the Vietnam Journalists Association
 * 3 Certificates of Merit from the Vietnam Fatherland Front