At the second plenary session of the 14th Party Central Committee, it was announced that the control of Vietnam Television (VTV), the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology are to be transferred from the government to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam as public service units.
The Central Committee has assigned the Politburo the the responsibility of overseeing the transfer process. This transfer must adhere to the established regulationsand be finalized by before April 1, 2026.
In recent years, the Party, the State, the Government, and the National Assembly have provided consistent leadership and guidance to national media entities, including Vietnam Television, enabling them to fulfill their missions effectively.
The transition of these three national media agencies to become public service units under the Central Committee is expected to strengthen the Party’s centralized, direct, comprehensive, and unified leadership over key media institutions. It also signals a renewal in thinking, methods, and approaches to leadership in ideological, political, and media work in the new era.
