Talk “Journalism and development in globalization”

On May 8, 2018, at the Khanh Tiet room, 4th floor, G building - Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Faculty of Communication and Foreign Culture and the RED Institute for Communication and Development jointly held a successful talk on "Journalism and development in globalization" with the aim of exchanging the key issues posed by the globalization to countries and the role of the media in promoting the benefits as well as limiting the negative impact of this process.

The talk was attended by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Van Quang - Former Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Ms. Le Thu Thuy - Deputy Director of the RED Institute of Communication and Development, the lecturers of the Faculty of Communication and Foreign Cultural, and nearly 200 students of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Especially, the talk had the participation of Assoc. Prof. Dr.  Nguyen Duc An - Associate Professor of Journalism at Bournemouth University (UK).

At the talk, the speaker provided a general understanding of globalization, presented opportunities and challenges for global countries, and pointed out the role of the media in overcoming globalization waves.

Accordingly, globalization is an indispensable and objective trend that has had a strong impact on all aspects of social life in all countries in the world. With the increasing capacity of the international transport industry and the unprecedented development of information technology, space and time are no longer barriers to socio-economic activities and they bring people closer. Globalization has turned the world into a "global village". This creates opportunities and prospects but also creates great challenges for the whole world in general and especially for developing countries like Vietnam in particular.

In such a context, each country needs to have a full and profound awareness of the opportunities, challenges, and prospects of developing media in globalization and based on that to find orientations and solutions to apply them appropriately and effectively.

Also within the framework of this talk, many questions regarding globalization and the development of the media in the wave of globalization were raised and discussed upholding the spirit of open and informative exchange and sharing.

The talk ended successfully and brought a lot of knowledge of high theoretical and practical value. The talk helped students of the International Communication Faculty of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam have the opportunity to raise awareness and have an objective and comprehensive view of the media activities in the strong ongoing globalization trend.