Moscow, June 18 -- Ahead of her attendance at the 19th General Assembly of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) and related events in Russia's Saint Petersburg city this week, General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Vu Viet Trang has shared her perspectives on OANA's operations and the VNA's active engagement in the organisation.

Reporter: OANA is the largest regional press forum covering two-thirds of the global news flow. What is your view of this multilateral journalistic organisation?

General Director Vu Viet Trang:

First of all, I would like to affirm that cooperation in journalism within the OANA framework has delivered practical benefits to its member news agencies since its foundation in 1961. OANA's ...