The press will be a pioneer if it can exploit new technology.

At the Editor-in-Chief Forum 2025 with the theme “Resolution 57 on innovation: Golden opportunity for breakthrough development of journalism”, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association Le Quoc Minh shared multi-dimensional views on journalism and technology in the digital age. The event was organized by the Journalists and Public Opinion Newspaper.

At the forum, Mr. Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association , presented a paper on "Press technology of the future".

In his speech, Mr. Le Quoc Minh affirmed that new technology trends are reshaping modern journalism at an unprecedented speed. Many advanced technologies are being applied and are predicted to continue to change the journalism industry in the near future.

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One of the technologies that is transforming journalism is artificial intelligence (AI). With the rapid development of AI, this tool has supported the automation of writing articles, news summarization, trend identification, content optimization according to readers' needs, video creation, podcast production, spell checking and headline suggestions. AI can also automatically transcribe interviews, investigate big data and produce personalized, multi-platform news, helping journalists focus on in-depth topics and long-term investigations.

With AI, Western press is using it a lot, however in Vietnam, the application of AI is still quite slow. Also according to the Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, AI is not only for superficial things but can support the press a lot.

The President of the Vietnam Journalists Association also shared that personalization in journalism is very important. Mr. Le Quoc Minh gave an example, normally if we want to report on the stock market today, we write a summary article: what is the situation today; how did it go up and down, lose points or gain points...

But AI technology can support the production of content specifically for each group of readers who are only interested in stocks in the banking industry, or in the steel industry, or in foreign investors... At the same time, AI can produce 10 or more articles for an issue and automatically "push" them to those with appropriate needs. AI will also support the newsroom to expand interactions without having to increase staff.

Mr. Le Quoc Minh presented a paper at the forum.

Currently, many domestic press agencies are applying data journalism and visualization. Mr. Le Quoc Minh said that data journalism is a combination of big data analysis, processing and visualization, helping articles become vivid, easy to understand and in-depth, especially with complex social or economic issues, many figures... Along with that, blockchain is also a huge trend in the world press to authenticate content. Blockchain stores metadata about copyright, time of publication, increases transparency, fights fake news and protects global press copyright...

Also at the forum, journalist Le Quoc Minh commented that new technologies will soon appear in the near future, namely augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). This will bring readers into the virtual world of the article, experiencing events, wars, investigations or reports in a virtualized real space. Investigative journalism, tourism, education... will be strongly inspiring thanks to immersive experiences and multi-dimensional interactions.

Meanwhile, with 3D interactive journalism and Metaverse, newsrooms, reporters and readers can meet, interview, workshop or exchange opinions in 3D space, creating true “interactive journalism”, breaking down geographical barriers.

In his speech, the President of the Vietnam Journalists Association also shared many other things related to technology in journalism, describing the picture of modern journalism with many diverse and multi-dimensional perspectives so that managers and journalists can prepare mentally for the future.

“If Vietnamese press pioneers in exploiting new technologies, it will be competitive and integrated, providing accurate, fair, balanced, vivid and personalized news, serving all classes of the public,” affirmed the Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/bao-chi-se-tien-phong-neu-khai-thac-duoc-cong-nghe-moi-post809678.html