Participants at a national press forum said that press agencies should take advantage of opportunities in the digital era.

Facebook, YouTube, Netflix and TikTok, with powerful financial resources, attract a high number of users and ads compared with Vietnam’s press. Some newspapers have reported a 60-70 percent decrease in revenue.

Twenty years ago, editors-in-chief took pride in the fact that while printing machines were working, distributors were sitting eating bread and waiting for the first newspapers to be put out to deliver.