Dan Tri Newspaper won the Press Award for the cause of developing education in Ho Chi Minh City.

(Dan Tri) - The series of articles "The loopholes in the "hundred billion" capacity assessment exam and the responsibility to ensure the rights of candidates" by Dan Tri newspaper was awarded the Journalism Award for the cause of developing education in Ho Chi Minh City.

On the afternoon of November 18, the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association held the 3rd Ho Chi Minh City Journalism Award for the cause of developing education in 2025.

Mr. Nguyen Tan Phong - Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association - said that this year, 18 works with 58 excellent authors were awarded. Among them, the works have contributed to beautifying the image of the teaching staff, positively impacting the development of the education sector of Ho Chi Minh City in particular and the whole country in general.

In particular, many works clearly demonstrate the role of social criticism, contributing to building a humane and modern education system for the city.

The works are carefully and seriously prepared, objectively, comprehensively and in-depthly reflecting current issues and the significance of education and training in the current period.

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association Nguyen Tan Phong highly appreciated the serious investment and dedication of the team of journalists in the city's education and training career (Photo: Organizing Committee).

He also said that Ho Chi Minh City is focusing on successfully implementing resolutions to develop the city in the new situation and conditions. The press plays an important role in successfully implementing the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws in general and resolutions on Ho Chi Minh City in particular.

In the end, the organizing committee awarded 1 first prize, 3 second prizes, 5 third prizes and 10 consolation prizes.

The group of authors won first prize with the series of articles "Ho Chi Minh City Education 50 years after the country's reunification" (Photo: Huyen Nguyen).

The series of articles “The loopholes in the “hundred billion” competency assessment exam and the responsibility to ensure the rights of candidates” by the group of authors Nguyen Thi Huyen and Phan Thi Hoai Nam of Dan Tri newspaper was awarded an encouragement prize. The series of articles was highly appreciated by the organizing committee because it clearly demonstrated the role of the press in monitoring and social criticism.

The series of articles reflects deeply, demonstrating the strong supervisory role of the press in facing major issues in higher education.

The group of authors received the encouragement prize (Photo: Huyen Nguyen).

As soon as the Ho Chi Minh City National University's Competency Assessment Exam ended with errors in the organization of the exam, the group of reporters quickly identified and persistently pursued information, analyzed and pointed out the problems from the errors in the organization of the exam to the appearance of an unusually uneven score spectrum, raising questions about the quality of the exam bank and the supervision of an external objective unit.

With the highest sense of responsibility, the article raised the issue of shortcomings, affirming that these mistakes cannot be solved by apologizing and must be thoroughly corrected.

Journalist Hoai Nam, representative of the Dan Tri newspaper's group of authors at the award ceremony (Photo: Huyen Nguyen).

The persistence of the press agency finally brought positive results: Ho Chi Minh City National University admitted its shortcomings, committed to reviewing the entire process, supplementing the question bank and especially organizing re-examinations for candidates whose test time was affected.

Recently, the Ministry of Education and Training issued a decision on the plan to implement university and college admissions in 2026, emphasizing that it will monitor the organization of capacity assessment exams of higher education institutions.

This series of articles is a clear demonstration of the role of the press in demanding accountability from educational institutions, contributing to protecting legitimate rights and strengthening trust in fairness and transparency in examinations.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/bao-dan-tri-dat-giai-bao-chi-vi-su-nghiep-phat-trien-giao-duc-tphcm-20251118194917534.htm