The three-day event is being co-chaired by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) and the Hanoi People’s Committee in co-ordination with the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Present at the festival’s opening ceremony are Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, as well as a host of other leaders.
Do Tien Sy (R), president of Voice of Vietnam (VOV), attends the event.
Le Quoc Minh, chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA), believes the function will allow journalists from across the country meet up and exchange their vast experience.
Delegates cut the ribbon to open the 2023 national press festival.
The view of the VOV booth
Party and State leaders visit the VOV booth.
Leaders take a tour of the Vietnam News Agency’s booth.
President Do Tien Sy and VOV staff 
The biggest festival in the press circle brings together 63 journalists’ associations from the country's cities and provinces, along with 60 central and local press agencies. The occasion sees a total of 87 booths displaying outstanding publications.
VOV puts on many art performances during the course of the three-day festival.
An exhibition showcasing special editions also takes place.
The festival opens from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day until March 19.