Attending the ceremony were Mr. Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, Politburo member, Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Mr. Tran Thanh Man, Politburo member, Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Head of the Prize Steering Committee; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics; Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Politburo member, Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien; Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia; Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha; leaders, former leaders of the Party and State, representatives of ministries, departments, branches, localities... press agencies.
The press is a reliable bridge between the National Assembly, voters and people
Speaking at the awarding ceremony, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said, inheriting and promoting the glorious 77-year-old tradition of the National Assembly of Vietnam; Under the leadership of the Party, the XNUMXth National Assembly has continued its efforts to renew and improve the quality of its activities in the direction of increasing democracy, professionalism, and the rule of law.
The National Assembly achieved many important and comprehensive results in both legislative work, supreme supervision and decision-making on important national issues. In localities, the activities of People's Councils at all levels have also been renewed comprehensively, strongly, responsibly, practically, effectively and efficiently.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue spoke at the ceremony.
According to the Chairman of the National Assembly, one of the great sources of encouragement, contributing to enhancing the position, strength and prestige of the National Assembly and the People's Council over the years is the comprehensive, persistent and creative contribution of the national press.
In its role as an important bridge, closely linking elected bodies with the people and voters nationwide, the national press has increasingly proved itself worthy of being a collective propagandist, collective cheerleader, and collective organizer, as well as a channel of intellectual and responsible criticism to the country.
The press and media system of the country has actively propagated and promoted in a comprehensive and timely manner, contributing to organizing the implementation of the Party's guidelines and guidelines institutionalized by the National Assembly and the People's Council with decisions and action movements throughout the country.
At the same time, the press has honestly and vividly reflected the legitimate thoughts and aspirations of the branches, genders, voters, people nationwide and our compatriots abroad to the National Assembly and People's Council forums.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Lam, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, Deputy Head of the Award Steering Committee and Mr. Nguyen Duc Loi - Standing Vice Chairman of Vietnam Journalists Association, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee awarded two prizes for foreign information imprints.
The press is an important and reliable channel for voters to monitor elected bodies and elected representatives. Press agencies, generations of reporters and editors accompany and commit themselves to the activities of the National Assembly and People's Council not only with responsibility but also with affection, enthusiasm, and creative passion; through here, continuous progress and comprehensive growth.
In order to recognize and honor the important contribution of the country's press, the tireless efforts of professional and non-professional writers to the National Assembly and the People's Council, the Standing Committee of the XNUMXth National Assembly decided to organize an annual National Press Prize for the National Assembly and People's Council named Dien Hong Prize.
The President of the National Assembly stated that it is very happy that right after the announcement, Dien Hong Prize has attracted wide attention from all classes of people; the active response of domestic and international press agencies, associations, associations of journalists, journalists and amateur collaborators.
Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan and Mr. Tran Thanh Lam, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee awarded certificates of merit to excellent collectives.
“In the first season, I was very touched and grateful for the large participation of 171 domestic and foreign press agencies, 7 Offices of the National Assembly Delegation and the People's Council, with 3.328 works," said the National Assembly Chairman.
The National Assembly Chairwoman assessed that the entries for the contest were elaborately invested, rich in topics, sharp in content, massive in scale, diverse in style and modern in journalism. In which, many journalistic works with discovery, breakthrough, novelty, creativity and attractiveness were well received and appreciated by readers.
The crystallization of enthusiasm, responsibility, and love for the profession
The works submitted and awarded today are the crystallization of enthusiasm, responsibility, love for the profession, faith and sincere feelings of the writer and camera holder towards the representative agencies of the people. The attractiveness and far-reaching effects of the works increasingly confirm the great support of both the political system and the entire people for the Vietnamese revolutionary press.
From the glorious tradition, with the support and help of all levels of Party committees, authorities, Fatherland Front, mass organizations at all levels and the people, the President of the National Assembly firmly believes that the country's revolutionary press is constantly developing. Since then, continue to contribute more and more important and greater in building the National Assembly, the People's Council to develop comprehensively, worthy of the trust and entrustment of the people.
President Vo Van Thuong and President of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue awarded the A Prize to the winning groups.
“Thousands of bad beginnings! From the success of the first Dien Hong Prize, with the spirit of "Dien Hong", "all people sing with one voice", I hope that the Prize will continue to receive great consensus and support, opening up the horizon of discovery, discovery and creativity at a new level of the press system, writers at home and abroad writing about the National Assembly of Vietnam and the People's Council.
On the occasion of the 98th anniversary of the Revolutionary Press Day of Vietnam, once again, I respectfully send to the press system of the country and the entire team of journalists across the country wishes for creativity, development and success!", the National Assembly Chairman emphasized.
It is known that the first Dien Hong Prize was held and launched on December 27, 12. After more than 2022 months of launching, the first Dien Hong Prize has received 4 journalistic works from 3.328 domestic and international press agencies.
Comrade Tran Thanh Man, Member of the Politburo, Standing Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Head of the Steering Committee for the Dien Hong Press Prize, and Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Committee for Propaganda and Education, presented the B Prize to the winning groups.
Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien and Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha presented Prize C to the winning groups.
This shows the attractiveness and pervasiveness in the activities of the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels to the press not only domestically but also internationally; At the same time, it shows the attraction of a national journalism award for the first time held on elected bodies and elected deputies.
After a period of meticulous, fair and objective judging, the Preliminary and Finalist Judging Committee, consisting of reputable and experienced journalists, decided to select and award 67 works in all types of journalism.
Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education, and Comrade Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of the People's Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Committee for Propaganda and Agitation, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Chairman of the final judging panel presented consolation prizes to the authors.
Comrade Bui Van Cuong, Member of the Party Central Committee, General Secretary of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Office of the National Assembly, Standing Deputy Head of the Steering Committee, Head of the Organizing Committee and Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Information and Communications presented consolation prizes to the authors.
In order to honor authors with outstanding journalistic works on the National Assembly and the People's Council, the Office of the National Assembly in collaboration with the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Journalists Association, the Vietnam Television Station, and the National Assembly Television held the first national press award ceremony on the National Assembly and the People's Council (Dien Hong Prize).
At the ceremony, the organizers awarded 5 A prizes; 12 B prizes; 16 C prizes and 30 consolation prizes. Journalists & Public Newspapers was honored to win the first Dien Hong Prize Consolation Prize for the work "Timely grasping the thoughts and feelings, listening to the legitimate aspirations of the people" by author Quang Hung.
