On the evening of October 20, the Award Ceremony of the 4th Political Contest on Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation in 2024 took place at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.
General Secretary and President To Lam attended and gave a speech.
Also attending were Politburo members: Standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat, Head of the Central Steering Committee 35 Luong Cuong; Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, Head of the Competition Steering Committee Nguyen Xuan Thang; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Organizing Committee Le Minh Hung; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee 35 Nguyen Trong Nghia; Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh; Minister of National Defense, General Phan Van Giang; Minister of Public Security, General Luong Tam Quang and Party Central Secretaries: Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Nguyen Duy Ngoc; Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, Senior Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet.
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| General Secretary and President To Lam and Standing member of the Secretariat Luong Cuong, Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, presented the A prizes to the authors and groups of authors. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA |
Speaking at the conclusion of the 2024 competition, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang said that this year's competition was launched at the end of January 2024.
Immediately after launching at the Central level, all provincial, municipal and central party committees paid attention to leading and directing the widespread implementation of the contest down to the grassroots level with 32/67 focal points organizing the contest and awarding prizes in their agencies and localities.
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| At the award ceremony, the work: Lessons from the story of power shortage in the dry season of 2023, electricity prices and distorted and provocative arguments (3 parts) by author Thu Huong - Cong Thuong Newspaper won the Encouragement Prize. This is the first time Cong Thuong Newspaper has won the Encouragement Prize in the "Political contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation". Photo: Thu Huong |
Many press and media agencies have actively promoted the Contest early and continuously. Many units have organized training and development for core staff.
Through the grassroots competition, units and localities selected 5,203 excellent works to submit to the Central competition.
After two rounds of judging at the Central level conducted in a fair, objective and responsible manner, the Competition Steering Committee selected outstanding works and typical groups to award prizes.
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| Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, Head of the Steering Committee of the Speech Contest, delivered a speech. Photo: Van Diep/VNA |
“ The success of this year’s Contest is a highlight in the implementation of Resolution 35, while also making an important contribution to the work of building and protecting the Party’s ideological foundation. With its wide reach in the political system, in society and abroad, the Contest has shown its strong appeal, going beyond a regular press award, becoming a forum for a large number of cadres, party members and people to express their feelings, trust and responsibility towards the Party, the State and our regime ,” Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang emphasized.
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| General Secretary and President To Lam and Standing member of the Secretariat Luong Cuong, Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, presented the A prizes to the authors and groups of authors. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA |
The outstanding result this year is the huge number of entries, 468,792 works.
The new feature this year is the large participation of young people, pupils and students with 35,000 works.
The contest also attracted 610 works from Vietnamese people working and studying abroad, and 13 works from foreigners.
| At the award ceremony, the work: Lessons from the story of power shortage in the dry season of 2023, electricity prices and distorted and provocative arguments (3 parts) by author Thu Huong - Cong Thuong Newspaper won the Encouragement Prize. This is the first time Cong Thuong Newspaper has won the Encouragement Prize for the "Political contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation". |
At the Award Ceremony, the Steering Committee and Organizing Committee of the Contest awarded 20 collective prizes with outstanding achievements; Prizes for the oldest and youngest authors participating in the contest; 20 Promising prizes; 12 A prizes, 22 B prizes, 37 C prizes and 63 Encouragement prizes.
Among these, Vietnam News Agency has 4 authors and groups of authors winning 1 A prize, 1 B prize, 1 C prize and 1 Encouragement prize, thereby affirming the vanguard role of the national news agency in protecting the Party's ideological foundation.
Also at the Award Ceremony, Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Party Central Committee's Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia launched the Fifth Political Essay Contest on Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation - 2025.
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