Tokyo, June 13 -- Miyake Kazuhisa, former chief representative of Kyodo News in Vietnam, has recently shared his insightful perspectives on the remarkable evolution of Vietnamese journalism, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Vietnam's Revolutionary Press Day (June 21). Talking to Vietnam News Agency (VNA) correspondents in Japan, Miyake, who served two terms as Kyodo's bureau chief in Hanoi, reflected on the stark contrast between the two periods. According to him, his first posting (1996-1997) coincided with Vietnam's new accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the normalisation of diplomatic ties with the US. At that time, infrastructure was still rudimentary, and real-time access to information was...