Buenos Aires, June 17 -- As Vietnam is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Revolutionary Press Day (June 21), Gaston Fiorda, a veteran journalist from Radio Nacional Argentina, has underscored the crucial role of Vietnamese journalism in the nation's fight for independence and development process.

In a sit-down with Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reporters based in Buenos Aires, Fiorda traced the roots of Vietnam's revolutionary press, which was founded even before the Communist Party of Vietnam was born in 1930. Underground political movements and grassroots groups, he said, had harnessed journalism to spread information and rally public support. These early efforts forged a unified narrative around the Vietnamese people's yearning for ...