352 works participated in the Press Award on cultural development and building Hanoi people

On the evening of October 19, at Thang Long Imperial Citadel, the Hanoi Party Committee held the 8th Press Award Ceremony on cultural development and building elegant and civilized Hanoians in 2025.

The event has profound political and social significance, practically commemorating the 71st anniversary of the Capital Liberation Day (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2025), welcoming the 18th Congress of the Hanoi Party Committee and the 14th National Congress of the Party.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Doan Toan, Head of the Hanoi Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, affirmed that after eight seasons of organization, the Press Award on cultural development and building elegant and civilized Hanoians has become a prestigious brand of the capital's press, a forum to honor the intelligence, dedication and social responsibility of the team of journalists in the work of building and developing Hanoi's culture and people.

The organizing committee awarded the A Prize to the authors and groups of authors. (Photo: TL)

According to Mr. Nguyen Doan Toan, many works not only reflect reality but are also valuable sources of information for the City's propaganda, research and cultural policy planning; at the same time, they contribute to spreading good values, arousing pride, creativity and the desire to contribute of Hanoians.

With innovative and creative forms of expression, the capital's press continues to concretize the Party's policies and resolutions, promote good models and effective practices, honor outstanding collectives and individuals in the movement "Good people, good deeds" and the campaign "Hanoi people behave beautifully", contributing to building a "Cultured - Civilized - Modern" capital.

Mr. Nguyen Doan Toan expressed his belief that the team of journalists in Hanoi and the whole country will continue to accompany the City in the cause of developing Hanoi's culture and people. Each journalistic work, each media activity will be a bridge to spread humanistic values, contributing to glorifying the culture of Thang Long - Hanoi, worthy of its position as a center of convergence and dissemination of culture of the whole country.

According to the Organizing Committee, the works participating in this year's Award focus on reflecting the major policies and orientations of the Hanoi Party Committee in developing culture and building the capital's people in the new period; introducing many good models, creative ways of doing things, good people and good deeds in preserving and promoting traditional cultural values. Many works play an important role in discovering and reflecting on inadequacies, contributing to perfecting mechanisms and policies, effectively implementing Program No. 06-CTr/TU on cultural development, improving the quality of human resources, and building elegant and civilized Hanoians in the 2021-2025 period.

It is known that the Organizing Committee received 352 works from 35 press agencies, including 7 Hanoi press agencies and 28 central, ministerial, branch and local agencies, with all types of press. After the evaluation process, the Final Council unanimously selected 33 excellent works to award prizes, including 3 A Prizes, 5 B Prizes, 10 C Prizes and 15 Encouragement Prizes. Two press agencies with many quality works participating in the Award are Vietnam Television and Tuoi Tre Thu Do Newspaper.

Three works winning A Prize include: "Hanoi Capital - the lasting imprints" by the group of authors Phi Nguyen Thuy Linh, Duong Van Thuan, Nguyen Viet Cuong, Truong Tuan Nghia, Nguyen Minh Tri, Ho Viet Thai, Vu Hien (VTV2 channel, Vietnam Television); "Culture is the foundation and driving force for the journey of historical transformation" by the group of authors Nguyen Nguyet Thu, Nguyen Ngoc Chung ( Economy and Urban Newspaper); "Hanoi - Building a new model in the era of growth" by the group of authors Tran Hong Van, Hoang Le Quyen, Doan Anh Tuan, Nguyen Tuan Phong, Vu Ngoc Ha (Hanoi Moi Newspaper).

Source: https://thoidai.com.vn/352-tac-pham-tham-du-giai-bao-chi-ve-phat-trien-van-hoa-va-xay-dung-nguoi-ha-noi-217068.html