Lao Dong Newspaper reporter wins prize in "Silent Sacrifice" contest

The program to honor Vietnamese doctors and award the 6th "Silent Sacrifice" writing contest directed by the Central Propaganda Department and the Ministry of Health on the occasion of the 69th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2024). The program aims to express gratitude and honor the contributions and silent sacrifices of the medical team in the career of caring for, protecting and improving people's health.

Attending the program Honoring Vietnamese doctors and awarding the 6th "Silent Sacrifice" writing contest were the leaders of the Party and State: Comrade Vo Van Thuong - Politburo member, President; Comrade Tran Thanh Man - Politburo member, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Comrade Tran Hong Ha - Party Central Committee member, Deputy Prime Minister; Comrade Dao Hong Lan - Party Central Committee member, Minister of Health.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan awarded the SECOND PRIZE to the winning authors and characters in the work. — Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan presented the Second Prize to the winning authors and characters in the work.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, with personal feelings, President Vo Van Thuong respectfully sends to generations of doctors, leaders and all cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers in the health sector through the ages his warmest regards and best wishes.

According to the President, over the past 69 years, the health sector has strived, regardless of hardships and sacrifices, to fulfill its mission of protecting, caring for, and improving the health of cadres, soldiers, and people, and has grown and matured in all aspects.

Vietnam is internationally recognized as one of the few countries with a complete health network down to the village level, ensuring the provision of basic health services to all people. Our country has achieved the Millennium Development Goals on maternal and newborn health care; people's health indicators have been significantly improved. The poor, ethnic minorities, children, the elderly, the disabled, etc. are all supported to access health services.

Many Vietnamese doctors are highly appreciated by international colleagues and friends; they have successfully performed many difficult techniques, treated a number of serious diseases, approached and mastered most of the world's advanced medical techniques, such as: interventional cardiology, endoscopic surgery, microsurgery, organ transplantation, limb transplantation, vaccine production, etc.

Speaking at the ceremony to honor Vietnamese doctors and award the 6th "Silent Sacrifice" writing contest, Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan said that at this moment, as we sit here, hundreds of thousands of doctors and medical staff are still on duty at hospital beds, in emergency rooms, or at people's homes in remote border areas and islands. There are scientists working hard in the laboratory. There are preventive medicine officers and population officers going to every small alley to protect people's health.

From the bottom of his heart, the Minister expressed his admiration and pride for the doctors and workers in the entire industry. "Thank you, comrades, for always being resilient, overcoming difficulties, being creative, daring to think and dare to do to achieve proud results. Thank you, comrades, for silently sacrificing day and night to serve the people and the Fatherland" - the Minister shared.

At the 6th "Silent Sacrifice" contest, many authors sent many entries to the Organizing Committee. The works sent to the contest increased in quantity and quality, with a variety of genres.

The characters in the works span across regions from North to South. They are currently working in many positions at medical facilities; are leaders with many contributions or simply diligent, tireless medical staff in remote areas, islands... But they all have one thing worth appreciating: a common aspiration to contribute to the cause of people's health.

In this contest, there is the appearance of the "visual journalism" - Multimedia category. In 2010, there were only less than 600 works participating in the contest, but in 2023, the Organizing Committee received more than 1,000 works.

At the award ceremony of the 6th "Silent Sacrifice" writing contest, the Organizing Committee awarded prizes to the best works, including: 1 Special Prize, 1 First Prize, 2 Second Prizes, 5 Third Prizes, of which the Special Prize has the highest value ever, up to 80 million VND.

Lao Dong Newspaper has two works "A bowl of noodles sows ambition and the return to serve the medical profession" by reporter Cao Tuan and " Doctors who risk their lives to avoid the custom of burying children alive with their dead mothers" by the group of authors Hoang Van Minh and Hoang Bin won the Encouragement Prize of the contest.

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