Asian Indoor Games 3 press and media consultant conference

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The consultant conference and AIG 3 media check took place in Hanoi, with the presencet of Mr. Dan Hubp – Media Specialist of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

At the conference, Mr. Hoang Vinh Giang, the AIG 3 Organizing Committee Deputy-General and General Secretary of Olympic Committee of Vietnam reported on the preparations and management process of the Vietnam AIG Organizing Committee (VAIGOC) to the representative of the OCA. VAIGOC has an important and influential role which links directly to the media, press, IT and protocol departments. Additionally, during the session, representatives of two Protocol and Hospitality Sub-Committees; Communication, four stations of Vietnam Television (VTV), Ho Chi Minh Television (HTV), Vietnam Sports newspapers, the Physical and Sports Culture Information Center – the General Department of Physical Culture and Sports Culture were also informed by the OCA about the volunteer training, protocols, the projects of building the International Business Communication centres (IBC – in Hanoi and HCM City), the Main Press Center (MPC) and IT solutions at the Games.

Besides the general difficulties (such as a lack of finance for projects), another obstacle which impacts on VAIGOC’s media and press projects is the lack of information about the number of athletes, 45 team delegation members, journalists and media agencies that will attend and work at AIG 3. For example, the project of the IBC has to plan for the maximum of booths for television journalists but if AIG 3 does not use all the booths, this will lead to a waste of money. The AIG 3 Communication Sub-Committee Deputy-Chief stated that, VAIGOC has experience in executing projects for the media and press at the 22nd SEA Games. However, the AIG 3 is a continental event. Therefore, VAIGOC needs a lot of help from the OCA in order to achieve the highest target. Moreover, the Communication Sub-Committee also wants help from the OCA regarding press guidelines, media reporting techniques (especially for new sports), AIG 3 information management (main system), the AIG 1 and AIG 2 information consultants, media specialists and press agencies to help VAIGOC.

At the moment, based on the information for VAIGOC, Mr., Dan Hubp said, right at this time, to increase the execution of media and press plans, VAIGOC needs to complete the detailed competition schedule. This will facilitate the international and domestic media to plan programs and cooperate with the event. Presently, with this responsibility, Mmr. Dan Hubp will help Vietnam through the OCA.

According to the schedule, after this meeting, Mr. Dan Hubp will investigate some AIG 3 competition venues.

Source: The Thao Vietnam