Gov’t to pump cash to rescue history magazine
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The Hue provincial government will save Hue Xua va Nay (Hue – The Past and the Present), a prestigious history magazine that is due to be closed down soon due to lack of financial resources, a senior official promised Tuesday.
Nguyen Van Cao, head of the People’s Committee, said it will provide money to publish the remaining issues of this year and financially assist the magazine after that.
However, a long term solution for staff and funding should be sorted out by Hue Xua va Nay and the Thua Thien – Hue Association of Historical Sciences - its managing board.
Last week, the magazine’s editor-in-chief asked the Committee for the publication suspension at the end of this year.
Launched in 1992, the magazine, with one edition every two months, has become one of Vietnam’s most prestigious history magazines and published 105 editions, each of which is 100 to 150 pages.
With staffs made up of an editor-in-chief and 3 administrators and technicians, the magazine is housed inside Phu Xuan University.
According to Le Van Thuyen, Secretary General of the association, the provincial People’s Committee provides the magazine with a total VND50-105million (US$2500-5250) per year which is only enough to pay for the publication of 6 editions.
The association itself has covered the rest including staff’s salaries, royalties and administrative fees.
