In the atmosphere of celebrating the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2024), on the evening of February 1, the announcement and awarding ceremony of the 8th Golden Hammer and Sickle Award (2023) - National Press Award for Party building was held at the Hanoi Friendship Labor Cultural Palace.
Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended, spoke and awarded prizes to the highest-winning authors.
After 8 seasons, the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award has increasingly demonstrated its prestige, attracting a large number of authors and groups of authors to participate. With 2,216 works, 2023 is the year with the largest number of works participating in the Award. The works entering the final round have made a very encouraging step forward, ensuring quality in content, harmonizing genres, types, regions and covering all provinces and cities in the country. From 120 works selected by the Preliminary Council, the Final Council reviewed and selected outstanding works to award 6 A prizes, 12 B prizes, 18 C prizes, 6 thematic prizes, and 30 consolation prizes.
Hai Duong Newspaper has a work that won the Award for Excellent Work on discovering typical examples in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style (special award). That work is "75 years of a loyal party member couple to the Party" in the electronic newspaper category by the group of authors: Hoang Bien, Thanh Chung, Tuan Anh.
Welcoming the success of the Award, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, speaking at the Award Ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that, looking back at 2023 and more than half of the 13th National Party Congress term, despite facing many unprecedented difficulties and challenges in the domestic and international context, under the leadership of the Party, which is regularly and directly led by the Politburo and the Secretariat, headed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, with high will, determination, great efforts, drastic actions and the spirit of "First support, then support", "One call, all respond", "Unanimity above and below", "Consistency across the board", our entire Party, people and army have upheld the spirit of solidarity, joint efforts, unanimity, innovation and creativity. Our country has achieved important results in many fields with many outstanding marks, highly appreciated by the international community.
The Prime Minister said that through 8 times of organization, the National Press Award on Party building named "Golden Hammer and Sickle" has affirmed its value, attractiveness, and influence on the work of Party building, building the political system, and building the contingent of cadres; at the same time, it affirms the profound political awareness, professional ethics, and steadfast devotion to the revolution of journalists nationwide, worthy of Uncle Ho's teaching: "Journalists are also revolutionary soldiers".
The Prime Minister said that the 72 excellent works selected by the Organizing Committee for this award are excellent representatives of the 2,216 works participating in the Award, converging and crystallizing the passion, intelligence and demonstrating the exploration, creative work with sharp political thinking, conscience, social responsibility and noble love for the homeland and country of journalists.
On the occasion of the New Year 2024 and preparation for the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, the Prime Minister wishes the delegates, comrades and compatriots good health, happiness and success, continuing to promote the spirit and aspirations of Vietnam to build our country more and more dignified and beautiful as beloved Uncle Ho always wished.
The award-winning work of Hai Duong Newspaper uses the form of multimedia journalism E-magazine to reflect the special story of the elderly party member couple Nguyen Van Mai - Le Thi Cung in Bich Cam village, Quang Phuc commune (Tu Ky). Both of them participated in the revolution from the early days, and are honored to be party members with 75 years of Party membership. Currently, both of them are 96 years old but still actively participate in Party activities and have many enthusiastic contributions to the Bich Cam village Party Cell. The two of them and their family are always exemplary, shining examples in local movements and activities.
Hai Duong Newspaper is the agency with exclusive information and the first press work reflecting the example of the old party member couple Nguyen Van Mai - Le Thi Cung.
Mr. Mai and Mr. Cung were also special guests at the 8th Golden Hammer and Sickle Awards Ceremony in 2023 and were selected by the Organizing Committee as outstanding figures in the award-winning press work for commendation. On January 28, Vietnam Television broadcast the work "Forever loyal to the Party" about the example of studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style of Mr. Mai and his wife in the 7 p.m. News program.
This is the third year that Hai Duong Newspaper has had a work winning the National Press Award on Party building. In 2022, Hai Duong Newspaper had a work winning the C prize. In 2016, at the first Golden Hammer and Sickle Award, Hai Duong Newspaper had a work winning the consolation prize.
At the Award Ceremony, the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department was awarded a certificate of merit for its outstanding achievements in organizing, promoting and responding to the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award.
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