Many works of art about Uncle Ho touch the hearts of the public.

The second round of the award for composing and promoting literary, artistic and journalistic works on the theme "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style" for the period 2021-2025, directed by the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and organized by the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Committee of the City Party Committee, received 314 entries in many genres. According to the assessment of the Final Jury, many works have shown novelty in the way of expression, contributing to building a healthy and humane cultural life.

Firmly walking on the path President Ho Chi Minh chose

Firmly walking on the path chosen by President Ho Chi Minh (Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House, A prize in the field of Journalism - Publishing) is a research work by a group of authors with Dr. Dinh Quang Thanh as editor-in-chief.

Through more than 400 pages of the book, the authors have emphasized the role and importance of guiding the Vietnamese revolution on the basis of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh thought. In particular, they emphasize the important arguments of Ho Chi Minh thought for the development path of the Vietnamese revolution that have practical value in the present era.

The work also raises and clearly points out the identification and refuting of erroneous and hostile viewpoints, in connection with the methods of struggle and the effectiveness of historical facts that prove the values ​​of Ho Chi Minh's ideology and the heroic history of the nation.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Le Quoc Phong and Head of the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Duong Anh Duc presented the A prize in the field of Journalism and Publishing (Professional Block) to the series of articles "With the people's consent, difficult things can be accomplished" by the group of authors Thai Phuong - Thu Huong (Sai ​​Gon Giai Phong Newspaper) at the award ceremony on the evening of December 4. Photo: VIET DUNG

The series of articles “People’s consent, difficult things can be accomplished” by SGGP Newspaper (authors: Thai Thi Phuong Thuy - Bui Thi Thu Huong, A prize in Journalism - Publishing) conveyed stories and journeys of mobilizing people to agree to donate land and hand over land to widen roads and alleys by cadres doing mass mobilization work. Thanks to that consensus, many small, flooded, narrow alleys have been widened and upgraded to help improve infrastructure, traffic, and living environment; the life of the community has been raised.

More importantly, the series clearly depicts the power of "people's hearts" - a great resource, both material and spiritual in terms of solidarity, mutual support, and community responsibility.

Stage: Honoring the Armed Forces

In the field of theater, the play Comrade (author: Le Thu Hanh, director: People's Artist Tran Ngoc Giau, music : People's Artist Ho Van Thanh, stage design: People's Artist Doan Bang) was honored to win the A prize in the field of Literature - Arts. Premiered in 2024, the play immediately won the Gold Medal at the 1st Ho Chi Minh City Theater Festival in 2024.

The play continued to be a big hit, performing for thousands of young audiences, students, youth union members, veterans, civil servants, and workers in Ho Chi Minh City...

A scene from the play Comrade won the A prize in the field of Literature and Arts. Photo: THUY BINH

The play "Comrades" praises the sacred comradeship of Uncle Ho's soldiers, from the arduous wartime to the days of peace . The play has many touching moments, including the image of veterans returning to the old battlefield, offering incense to the souls of their young comrades who sacrificed their lives; the love for their homeland, loyalty to the country; the old soldier's remorse for the mistakes of his children...

Also with the theme of soldiers, the dance play The Peacetime Soldiers (script: Dang Quang Luat, choreography: Nguyen Thanh Phat, music: Nguyen Tien Thanh) won the A prize in the field of Literature and Arts. Performed by the Military Region 7 Art Troupe, the dance play recreates the silent war of young, strong and brave firefighters facing dangerous seas of fire to save people, extinguish fires, contributing to protecting the safety of life and property of the community.

Phenomenon Continue the story of peace

From the journeys to the source, to the border areas, islands... organized by the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and the Ho Chi Minh City Music Association, musician Nguyen Van Chung was inspired to come up with the idea and compose the song "Writing the next story of peace" (won A prize in the field of Literature - Arts).

With simple but emotional lyrics combined with a heroic melody, the song expresses gratitude to the soldiers who sacrificed for the independence of the Fatherland, and at the same time affirms the continuing spirit of today's generation in the work of building and protecting the Fatherland.

After 2 years, Continuing the Peace Story has become a prominent cultural phenomenon with more than 7 billion views and listens on online platforms. Many performances of the song have been deeply engraved in the hearts of the audience, such as the performance of the two singers Dong Hung - Vo Ha Tram at the parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day.

Or at the national concert "Fatherland in the Heart" held on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2, singer Tung Duong performed the song in front of 50,000 spectators at My Dinh Stadium (Hanoi), creating an "explosive" wave of emotions for the audience... The song has also been translated into English, Russian, Japanese... with the desire to spread to friends around the world the profound message about the Vietnamese people's desire for peace.

On the evening of December 4, at HTV Television Theater (Ho Chi Minh City Radio and Television Station), the Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee held an award ceremony for composing and promoting literary, artistic and journalistic works on the theme "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style" for the second phase, 2021-2025 period.

Attending the event were comrades: Le Quoc Phong, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Pham Phuong Thao, former Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, former Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council; Rear Admiral Le Ba Quan, Deputy Commander of the Vietnam Navy; Duong Anh Duc, Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee's Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission; Than Thi Thu, former Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee's Propaganda and Education Commission; Phan Nguyen Nhu Khue, former Head of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee's Propaganda and Education Commission; Tran Thi Dieu Thuy, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee...

Speaking at the award ceremony, comrade Duong Anh Duc emphasized that this is an opportunity to look back and honor the creative and dedicated achievements of artists, journalists and the masses in spreading the noble values ​​of the life, career, ideology, morality and style of President Ho Chi Minh through literary, artistic, journalistic and publishing works... He suggested that in the coming time, units should pay more attention to promoting works, bringing good and valuable works closer to the public...

There are 115 collectives and individuals whose works won the Award for composing and promoting literary, artistic and journalistic works on the theme "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style" in the second phase, 2021-2025 period.

In particular, the Professional Block Award in the field of Literature - Arts has 3 A prizes, including the song "Writing the next story of peace" (musician Nguyen Van Chung); dance "Warriors in peacetime" (script Dang Quang Luat, choreographer Nguyen Thanh Phat); play "Comrades" (author Le Thu Hanh, director People's Artist Tran Ngoc Giau); the field of Journalism - Publishing has 3 A prizes, including the series "When the people are in agreement, difficult things will be accomplished" (Saigon Giai Phong Newspaper); documentary "Shine forever a belief" (TFS Film and Television Studio - Ho Chi Minh City Radio and Television Station); research book "Steadfast steps on the path chosen by President Ho Chi Minh" (General Publishing House). In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded 13 B prizes, 19 C prizes, 12 consolation prizes.

In the Movement Block Awards, the A prize was awarded to 4 works: Faithful to One Belief (painting, author Tran Hong Linh), Eternal Gratitude to Uncle Ho (traditional opera, author Pham Thanh Binh), The Day the Cactus Blooms (prose, author Tran Nguyen Ngoc Phuong), Tan Binh People Study and Follow Uncle Ho (poetry, many authors). The Organizing Committee also awarded 7 B prizes, 9 C prizes, and 15 consolation prizes.

The professional block promotion award awarded 12 collective prizes and 15 individual prizes to the Literature - Arts Block; 2 collective prizes and 1 individual prize to the Press - Publishing Block.

THUY BINH - HO SON - TIEU TAN

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/nhieu-tac-pham-nghe-thuat-ve-bac-cham-toi-trai-tim-cong-chung-post826994.html