Media, telcos, it to be strengthened next year, minister says

All enterprises related to telecommunication, information technology and the national media will be improved and overhauled in 2009, Minister of Information and Communication Le Doan Hop said Sunday.

Media training programs will be stepped up, newspapers and television stations will be reviewed and the process for rewarding and penalizing violations in the media would be streamlined in 2009, Hop told leaders of media agencies in Ho Chi Minh City. He said the Ministry would only set the ceiling prices of telcos’ services while enterprises would be able to design their own business plans. Earlier in the meeting, he discussed the advantages and difficulties in 2009 for the information and communication sector in the context of the world economy. Reported by Minh Duc