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urgent social ideas of the country to the working people

activities nationwide, protecting the rights of Vietnamese workers.

Lao Dong Newspaper is also one of the few media agencies that do well.

social work. Most notably the establishment and maintenance of the Social Fund and

Labor newspaper's golden heart with the task of receiving individual units

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Philanthropists and benefactors at home and abroad have donated to help tens of thousands of workers in difficulty. The programs “Glory of Vietnam”, “Vietnamese Wisdom”, “Simple and Noble Hearts”… have attracted the attention of millions of readers, contributing to promoting the patriotic emulation movement, inspiring the spirit of creativity and the will to rise of Vietnamese citizens at home and abroad.

With 7 issues/week, 230,000 copies/issue, Lao Dong Newspaper is a

Percentage of Investigation Articles Using Role-Playing Skills (%)

in the biggest newspapers

In Vietnam.

This is the sheet

the only newspaper in the whole

The country has a free local site that is reputable and engaging to readers.

The newspaper's target audience is working-age readers between 18 and 60 years old.

Under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief Tran Duy Phuong, the team

Lao Dong newspaper reporters are always deeply aware of their responsibility to inform you.

Read hot issues, urgent news in all major fields

politics, economics, sports, law... of society related to all classes of people, especially issues of workers' rights. To do that, the Labor Newspaper must have a strong army capable of investigating, discovering problems, and clarifying issues. Therefore, investigation is a

quite strong section of the newspaper. Can be mentioned

to writers like Do

Doan

Hoang, Dinh Cong Thang, Vuong Thanh Ha, Kap Thanh Long...

1.4.2. Tien Phong Newspaper

Tien Phong Newspaper is the mouthpiece of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, a forum for Vietnamese youth. Over 60 years have passed since the publication of this issue.

first (November 16, 1953) at ATK Tan Trao (Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang)

Quang). From number

Weekly newspaper now published daily,

Money

Phong has become a prestigious press group.

In addition to providing in-depth information on hot current issues of economic, political and cultural life at home and abroad, Tien Phong also actively participates in many meaningful social activities such as support funds.

students; fund

support

HIV/AIDS prevention, fund

encourage learning

online blood donation program

Owner

Red Japan, the wars

Miss Vietnam, Miss World Vietnamese contestants... with a pioneering spirit, carrying the strength of youth.

Editor-in-Chief Le Xuan Son. Deputy Editors-in-Chief: Phung Cong Suong, Tran Thanh Lam, Vu Tien; Editorial Secretary: Le Minh Toan. Currently, Tien Phong newspaper has 4 publications published nationwide: Tien Phong daily newspaper, Tien Phong electronic newspaper, Nguoi Dep magazine (2 issues/month), Tri Thuc Tre (3 issues/month).

Tien Phong Daily Newspaper is published daily and has 7 issues/week, including the Sunday issue which has a few differences compared to the other issues.

again. Each issue of Tien Phong newspaper consists of 16 pages. The newspaper's specialized pages include

including: Current events, society, economy, sports, science, youth, culture, reportage, law, international, readers. In addition, there are some sub-special pages such as health and life, finance and banking published every Tuesday and Thursday. In each special page, there are different sub-categories depending on the

into each number

Daily newspaper. Example

news page

including the

Categories: breaking news, hot tea, iced tea, today's stories, weather forecast, stock indexes, early week chat (this category is only available on Mondays).

A team of more than 200 skilled and professional reporters, officers and employees always work enthusiastically and creatively to provide multi-dimensional information.

and orient information to readers in many different ways and genres. In particular, the investigation section is Tien Phong's strength. Journalists,

Tien Phong reporters have the ability to research and discover problems.

social pain, peel it off, go to the end to find the truth about it. We can mention investigative writers such as journalist Xuan Ba, journalist Dinh Thang, Phung Suong, Sy Luc, Minh Duc, Nam Cuong... There are many cases

The shady business exposed by Tien Phong has brought great results.

broad social impact

The worlds

young journalist system

gradually following in his father's footsteps, active

prominent in the field of investigative journalism, a field that requires high professional expertise, courage and ethics.


Chapter 1 Summary

Thus, chapter 1 of the thesis has clarified some concepts related to role-playing investigation. From many approaches to the documents, through the idea

Based on the opinions of various journalism researchers, the author has raised the following views:

unique points about genre, investigative skills and role-playing investigative skills.

The operationalization of the concept in a concrete way

body

like

so back

premise

understanding of the topic, helping to understand the entire thesis easily and consistently.

Here, the basic and typical characteristics of the investigative genre

has also been presented selectively. Through that, it can be affirmed that

that the complexity of the problem

investigation, subject of investigation, investigation

difficult

The difficulties in gathering information and the dangers that journalists face when writing

Investigators may face during the investigation are the basic elements

The direct and authentic nature of the role requires journalists to get into character. Role-playing is just one of the

These are methods of information gathering but play an important role in the investigative journalist's work. The journalist's role-playing skills play a decisive role in the success of a role-playing investigative article. The author also mentions some basic principles of role-playing investigation as a basis for the process of surveying and commenting on related issues.

Finally, this chapter also introduces basic information about Lao Dong and Tien Phong newspapers to have a formative view of the research object of the topic. The long history, diverse information capabilities and especially the strength in the investigative genre are the reasons why the author chose these two newspapers for the survey.


Chapter 2

THE CURRENT STATE OF APPLYING ROLE PLAYING SKILLS BY INVESTIGATORY JOURNALISTS


The survey process of 2 newspapers Tien Phong and Lao Dong within 6 months

The month (October 1, 2014 - March 31, 2015) recorded 503 investigative articles, meaning that on average, there were nearly 20 (16.77) articles written in the investigative genre per month. This is a fairly large number because investigation is not an easy genre to write, and it also requires journalists to spend time and effort to collect information. Moreover, hot events and conflicts that need to be resolved to conduct an investigation are not always available. The number of investigative articles per month is quite even, ranging from 40 - 50 articles per newspaper. Particularly, in February 2015, due to

Tet issue so the number of investigative articles decreased by more than half. On Lao Dong newspaper

In February, there were only 15 investigative articles, while the number in Tien Phong newspaper was 20. Particularly, in Lao Dong newspaper, in October 2014, there were 68 articles.

However, out of more than 500 surveys, only 54 surveys used role-playing skills, accounting for 10.73%, the rest used other methods such as documents, observations, and interviews.


Figure 2.1. Percentage of investigative articles using role-playing skills (%)

2.1. Fields of investigation that often use role-playing techniques

The topics of investigative articles are very diverse, covering all aspects of social life. Any issue that has a conflict can become the subject of investigation. Meanwhile, role-playing is often used in complex areas, affecting the interests of many individuals and organizations. Surveys show that investigative articles using role-playing skills are often in the areas of: Economic security, Public order and security, Food safety and hygiene, Environmental protection - ecology.


Figure 2.2. Percentage of surveys with role-playing by field (%)

2.1.1. Economic Security Sector

Economic security is a broad area that encompasses relationships

production - consumption. Ensuring the country's economy develops safely,

Being strong is a fundamental and urgent task. However, this

is also a sensitive field, prone to many violations that need to be exposed. This is an area that really needs the participation of investigative journalists. It is worth mentioning that the violators are powerful people with tight organizations, so it is not easy to exploit information from the subjects. Therefore, when

In this field, journalists often have to do more investigation than anything else.

use method

Up to 44.44% of the role-playing surveys were related to the field of economic security. Among them were difficult and problematic topics such as counterfeiting, smuggling, and illegal business.

In the article “Counterfeit helmet production in Ho Chi Minh City: Real facilities, fake addresses – Part 1: Helpless against fake helmets” (Lao Dong newspaper – issue 230 – October 2, 2014), the group of reporters Tran Phan – Minh Quan played the role of customers to investigate the problem of counterfeiting and imitation of helmets.

Series of articles "Smuggling still happens day and night across the border" by Thanh An - Cong Thang - Thong Chi, "Smuggling is "hot" at the Southwest border" by Huu

Danh in Lao Dong newspaper wrote about the rampant smuggling across the border.

uncontrollable. Journalists had to impersonate buyers, passengers, and shippers to investigate the activities of the traders.

There are topics

great talent

in this field that journalists are interested.

Writing about the production and consumption of fake religious products in the market, Lao Dong newspaper has

series "Venerable"

market dominance

school" (number)

272 and 273 – 20th and

(October 21, 2014) and Tien Phong has a series of articles “Confused by the “matrix” of fake roofing sheets” (issues 323 and 234 – November 19 and 20, 2014). In those articles, the authors all play the role of roofing sheet buyers to infiltrate dealers and fake roofing sheet manufacturing facilities.

In the article “Chaos over illegal taxis in Quang Ninh” (Labor newspaper, issue 273 – November 21, 2014), author Nguyen Hung plays the role of a buyer of a retired illegal taxi and its used parts to investigate the brazen, spontaneous, and unmanaged operations of this type of vehicle.

Some hot, unique topics in this field have also been deployed, demonstrating the journalist's acumen.

In the article "Unusual line to Australia for 350 million VND" in Tien Phong newspaper - issue 303 - October 30, 2014, signs of fraud were discovered in the line.

a recruitment line for workers to go to Australia and Spain, the Economic reporters joined the investigation. To approach the subject, the reporter decided to act as a person in need of going to work, and recorded the false advertisements. From there, the reporter learned about the operation method and the scam tricks of this line: this is a program for students to go as officers of the Board to study by the Vietnam Farm Development and General Import-Export Joint Stock Company, an independent unit "sponsoring the activities of the Farm Economics and Rural Industry Board, going 3 times/year, 10 people/time, price 320 - 350 million with 120 million VND guarantee, no English certificate required, promising many benefits. However, the authorities affirmed

Vietnam Farm Development and General Import-Export Joint Stock Company does not

licensed to operate in the field of labor export, but did not register to send workers to Australia. This further confirms the fraudulent and illegal nature of this network, warning workers nationwide.

Article "A supermarket

on QL1A commission for drivers

47%” (Tien newspaper)

Phong – No. 314 – November 10, 2014) is a positive work in the room.

anti-commercial fraud. Discovering unusual signs of the operation of the "ghost" supermarket on Highway 1A, reporter Nam Cuong infiltrated this supermarket as a customer, thereby identifying the abnormalities of the supermarket, specifically: when customers arrive, they will be invited to drink a type of tea that causes excitement, they want to buy everything they see (according to the driver), the products do not have a clear origin, the same product but sometimes says

of Vietnam, when again said of Taiwan, France with the confused attitude of

touts while the labels are all in Chinese. After buying the items directly, the reporter discovered that the prices of the products here are nearly 6 times more expensive than those sold on the market. Another unusual thing is that the company has a free pick-up service, and the driver is paid a commission of up to 47% of the money.

bill with 15,000 VND/trip. Even the driver wondered "53% left "

again, how do they pay salaries, operate…”. Meanwhile, the Market Management staff

school is not

or know. The discovery and investigation of the case

work

huge impact, clean up the economy, ensure fair competition as well as consumer rights.

Thus, in the economic field, role-playing investigations often focus on major topics such as smuggling, production and trading of counterfeit goods, pirated goods, services defrauding consumers and workers, and trading in unlicensed goods. Through role-playing, journalists have approached many cases, exposed many networks, including some major cases that could not have been approached if they had used the name of a journalist. The most commonly used roles in this field are those of customers and passengers.

2.1.2. Security and order sector

If the economy

relationship management

between buyer and seller

for sale, between homes

The country and the people in terms of property ownership and management, security and order are

ensure the life, honor, dignity and personal information of the child

people against disruptive, fraudulent, insecure social behaviors, and obstructing social management. This is also a painful issue. There are complex topics that are difficult to approach under the name of journalists, requiring the use of role-playing, such as: information security, traffic safety, prevention of social evils, etc.

On the topic of information security, there are articles exposing behavior.

Buying and selling personal information, using the company's name to defraud customers. Tien Phong newspaper has a series of 2 articles "All kinds of buying personal information" (No. 297

– 20/24/2014) and “Buying Information: Revealing

supply source” (number)

281 –

October 28, 2014). When making this series of articles, author Nguyen Dung

Many times, I pretended to be a customer who wanted to buy a customer list through both brokers and social networking sites, thereby investigating how

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