Tomorrow, May 31, the opening ceremony of the final round of the 18th National Press Awards will take place.

Since its launch, the 18th National Press Awards - 2023 has continued to receive positive responses from all levels of the Association and individual journalists and members; attracting the participation of 18/21 Inter-Association Branches and 30/223 affiliated Branches.

In particular, 63/63 provincial and municipal Journalists Associations, with 1905 works submitted to participate, of which 1827 works met the requirements according to regulations, 127 works had authors who were not members of the Vietnam Journalists Association . This shows the strong attraction of the 18th National Press Award and the strong interest and response of members and all levels of Journalists Associations nationwide.

The judging process was carried out urgently and seriously by the Final Jury at the 17th National Press Awards 2022. (Photo: Son Hai)

The preparation work was carried out by the General Secretariat of the Award in accordance with the regulations, instructions, and schedule, creating favorable conditions for the evaluation of works by the Preliminary Subcommittees.

However, there are still some units that submit works to the Award that do not follow the instructions, register for the wrong genre, causing difficulties for the Secretariat's screening, affecting the award judging process. This year, the National Press Award continues to deploy the online judging form through the Vietnam Journalists Association's judging software for electronic, radio and television press works, in addition to directly judging printed and photo press works.

Entering its 18th year, the prestige of the National Press Award has been increasingly affirmed, the value of the award has been widely spread throughout all levels of the Association and its members. The preliminary judging process was carried out urgently, seriously, strictly, in accordance with the Guidelines and Regulations of the Award Council.

The 11 Subcommittees of the Preliminary Council worked impartially, transparently, and with a high sense of responsibility, completing the preliminary evaluation on time and with good quality. The preliminary results were fully summarized and sent to the members of the Final Council early, creating better conditions for the Final Council to research and evaluate the works.

The Final Jury of the 17th National Press Awards 2022 discussed the selection of quality press works. (Photo: Son Hai)

The works submitted to the Award closely followed major topics from politics , economics, culture, society, national defense, security and other aspects of the country's life in 2023, vividly reflecting important events. Some prominent topics are: Efforts to implement the 2023 socio-economic development plan and the 2020-2030 socio-economic development strategy in the context of looking back at the half-term of the 13th National Party Congress...

The work of Party building and rectification; inspection, supervision and control of power associated with the fight against corruption and negativity; the fight against wrong and hostile viewpoints; the spirit of great national unity, models of protecting sovereignty and borders; models of Party development...

Outstanding economic issues such as: public investment, attracting foreign investment, gold market, electricity, gasoline, securities, real estate market crisis, credit, agricultural development model, agricultural products, green economic development, circular economy...

Hot social issues such as: the terrorist attack in Dak Lak, profiteering from crimes against the State; fraud in the 4.0 era, "Global Geopark being "butchered", smuggling of poultry breeds, the danger of "dust lung", deforestation, the "express delivery" trick of illegal timber, and the risk of white pollution, the consequences of mini apartments, fraud in publishing international articles, the theft of antiquities...

Topics on culture, preserving and promoting national cultural identity; building cultural institutions in the community; protecting cultural values in the new era. Issues on protecting sovereignty over seas and islands, protecting the environment, responding to climate change, etc.

The spirit of great national unity, typical examples, noble gestures, convincing and touching.

According to the Jury Council’s assessment, the works participating in this year’s Awards are generally of good quality. Most of the works are closely related to reality, highly topical, and address hot spots in 2023 in the fields of politics, economics, society, national security and defense, Party building, etc.

Many works are carefully invested, the content is to discover new issues, criticize major policies of the Party and State; propose many creative solutions, good ways of doing things that have the power to spread and influence in society. Many works have a tight structure, the way of expression is close, vivid, attractive to readers.

Hoang Anh

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/sang-31-5-le-khai-mac-vong-cham-chung-khao-giai-bao-chi-quoc-gia-lan-thu-xviii--nam-2023-dien-ra-post297483.html