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 and the ASEAN News Exchange (ANEX). In June 2014, the VNA started collaboration with the Italian news agency Agenzia Giornalistica Italia. The VNA is also tasked with publishing currently eight printed materials in eight state-recognised ethnic languages in Vietnam. Performing its function as the state news agency, the VNA supplies the latest official domestic and international news to major partners while satisfying the demand for information through various means, including the leading print and e-newspapers, online news and the television channel VNews. The VNA retains its position as the mainstream information source which guides public opinion, and the strategic and