(VOVworld) - The Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) will host the 18
th General Assembly of the Confederation of ASEAN Journalists (CAJ) in 2015, with the VJA Chairperson acting as CAJ President for a two-year period. The decision was made by CAJ executive board members during a conference in Hanoi on Friday, when they also approved the establishment of a CAJ journalism training committee.
CAJ executive board members' conference in Hanoi
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Delegates agreed that the event is of great importance as ASEAN member countries are pushing for the formation of an ASEAN economic community by the end of 2015.
The Vietnamese association joined the CAJ, founded in 1975, when Vietnam became an ASEAN member in July 1995.