''Nhân Dân'' (; , , , ) is the official newspaper of the

Communist Party of Vietnam The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is the founding and sole legal party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Founded in 1930 by Hồ Chí Minh, the CPV became the ruling party of North Vietnam in 1954 and then all of Vietnam after the col ...

. According to the newspaper, it is “the voice of the Party, the State and the people of Vietnam.” It has a daily circulation of 180,000 copies. Its weekend edition, ''Nhân Dân cuối tuần'' ( lit: ''The People Weekend)'', has a circulation of 110,000 copies, and its monthly magazine has a circulation of 130,000 copies. It has an online edition that was started on June 21, 1998. The newspaper was first published on March 11, 1951. Its predecessor was ''Sự Thật'' ("Truth") newspaper, which was set up in the 1940s. Many important figures in the Vietnamese Communist Party worked at Nhân Dân.

Trường Chinh Trường Chinh (, meaning "Long March"), born Đặng Xuân Khu (9 February 1907 – 30 September 1988) was a Vietnamese communism, communist political leader, revolutionary and theoretician. He was one of the key figures of Vietnamese politics f ...

and

Tố Hữu Tố Hữu (4 October 1920 – 9 December 2002) was a Vietnam, Vietnamese revolutionary poet and politician. Tố Hữu is considered one of the most important Vietnamese poets of the 20th century. His poems are known for their lyrical beauty, ...

were editors in chief of the newspaper. Painter

Phan Kế An Phan Kế An (20 March 1923 – 21 January 2018), also known under the pseudonym Phan Kích, was a Vietnamese painter and renowned lacquer artist. He was the son of Phan Kế Toại (1892–1973) who was the personal envoy to Tonkin of the last ...

was a regular contributor during the

First Indochina War The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between French Fourth Republic, France and Việ ...

in particular, after he was asked to join the newspaper by Trường Chinh. Current Editor in Chief of Nhân Dân is

Lê Quốc Minh Lê Quốc Minh (born December 1, 1969) is a Vietnamese reporter, journalist, and politician. He is currently a member of 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, editor-in-chief of Nhân Dân. He was former deputy general direct ...

History

Subsidiaries

* Nhân Dân-Saigontourist * Nhân Dân TV

Awards

Nhân Dân was awarded the First Class Independence Medal on March 9, 2016.https://web.archive.org/web/20160310140551/http://www.nhandan.org.vn/chinhtri/item/28971102-ky-niem-65-nam-ngay-bao-nhan-dan-ra-so-dau-va-don-nhan-huan-chuong-doc-lap-hang-nhat.html

References

External links

Nhân Dân Online
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