Azerbaijan State News Agency of Information and Communication (SICOM) and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bahrain's News Agency (BNA) on the sidelines of the 5th News Agencies World Congress. Azerbaijan State News Agency Azerbaijan State News Agency (AZERTAC) is the official news agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Aslan Aslanov has been the agency's director general since 2002. Since 15 march 2018 Chairman of the Board. AZERTAC was established on 1 March 1920. Throughout the Soviet period, the agency held various names and after restoration of Azerbaijani independence in 1991, the agency name was restored. In 1995-2000, the agency was named "State Telegraph
Vietnam News Agency Vietnam News Agency The Vietnam News Agency (VNA), a governmental agency, is the official state news provider of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. As the only news agency of the whole country, the state-run VNA is responsible for publishing official information and documents of the party and state, providing information in service of the party leadership and state management, while collecting and providing news via various forms to the mass media agencies, the public and readers of all kinds, both at home and abroad. The VNA is headquartered at 5 Lý Thường Kiệt Street, Hanoi, in the National News Centre.