(VOVworld)- The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan visited the Voice of Vietnam on Wednesday on the occasion of the 90^th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan visited the Voice of Vietnam on Wednesday on the occasion of the 90th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

Nhan praised VOV’s dramatic developments in the past few years saying that with more than 250 hours of airtime serving both domestic and overseas audience, VOV has always been a strong media agency of the government. He praised the improvements in its radio programs and the 24-hour English Program which will be launched in September. The President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front urged VOV to improve its transmission to Truong Sa archipelago to help fishermen there remain updated with information. He stressed the need to strengthen external relations information to promote Party guidelines and state policies. VOV President Nguyen Dang Tien introduced Mr. Nhan to the station’s 70 year-old history and its recent development. Tien said VOV now has 4 media platforms: radio, TV, print and its online newspaper but radio broadcasting remained its key role.