Media technology exchange between SL, Vietnam

Ishara MUDUGAMUWA

Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella with Vietnamese ambassador to Sri Lanka Ton Sinh Thanh. Picture by Roshan Pitipana.

The Sri Lankan and Vietnamese governments have agreed to an exchange of knowledge, technology and cooperation in the media field, said Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.

He was addressing the media after discussions with Vietnamese ambassador to Sri Lanka Ton Sinh Thanh at the Mass Media and Information Ministry yesterday.

A Memorandum of Understanding will be signed between the two countries for cooperation in the field of mass media.

"Media freedom in Sri Lanka is very much in evidence and there are seven private sector owned radio stations and TV stations, websites, print media stations. The government owns two major TV stations, radio networks operated by the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and newspapers publications, said the Minister. Bonds between the two countries were further strengthened after Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang's visit to Sri Lanka on an invitation by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, he said.