'Technology from the Heart' Award: Finding positive values ​​from digital society

After more than a month of launching, the second Photo and Video Award with the theme “Technology with heart” is receiving active participation from authors across the country.

Through the theme “Vietnamese Creativity – The Road to Prosperity,” the award is expected to gather works on Vietnamese technological achievements, creating a sustainable foundation for the country to develop prosperously in the new era.

Virtual networks bring real values

Last year, the work “Technology from the heart” by author Vu Hong Van (Hanoi) won first prize in the video clip category.

With the message “spreading positive energy together on virtual social networks,” the story in the video opens with the “tin soldier couple” Doan Ngoc Bao and Le Thu - who both lost a leg but found love and happiness through social networks. Each lost a leg, they found each other through social networks and became each other’s perfect match. They both have a handsome son. Having found a relationship thanks to technology, they now use social networks to tell their story, inspiring other disabled people.

Image in video clip by author Vu Hong Van.

According to Ms. Vu Hong Van, social networks have become a borderless bridge of the community, helping people share opinions, thoughts, feelings and convey personal messages.

However, in the context of technological development, smart devices with internet connection are increasingly diverse, the popularity and convenience of social networks have 2 good and bad sides.

Concerned about the wonderful and wonderful things that technology can do to help a person change their life, author Vu Hong Van has included in his work stories and projects of young people who take advantage of the strengths of using social networking platforms to spread positive messages to the community.

Currently, Vietnam has over 77 million social media users. If each person contributes a small part to spreading positive content, "using beauty to eliminate ugliness", humane messages will inspire the community and society will become better and better. Technology from the heart will spread to the heart and everyone will work together to successfully build a digital society - where people are happier with the help of technology.

Author Vu Hong Van at the 2024 award ceremony. (Photo: PV/Vietnam+)

Sharing with reporters of VietnamPlus Electronic Newspaper, author Vu Hong Van said that through her work, she wants to prove that the "virtual" network is bringing real values, spreading positive values ​​and connecting the community to carry out beautiful actions.

Recalling the process of making the video, Ms. Van said that 1 minute is a challenging time to be able to fully convey the message. Post-production plays an important role in this work because the stories and small projects will be connected by special effects as well as leading sentences because I do not have any commentary here. To make this 1-minute work, it took her about 1 week to do post-production.

Coming to the second “Technology from the Heart” Award, authors can freely create images and videos with a maximum duration of 90 seconds to convey stories with more complete content and messages. That is a prominent new feature of this year's award season.

Honoring humanistic creations

For photojournalist Tran Van Hieu (Hanoi), after the Award was launched, he and many of his colleagues are trying to find topics to work on. Last year, he won First Prize in the Single Photo category for the work “Passion for Robot Making.”

“After the first season, the ‘Technology from the Heart’ Award has attracted great attention from the public and the photography community not only because of the high value of the award but also because of the prestige and professionalism of the organizers, Vietnam News Agency and Viettel Military Telecommunications Group. I believe that this year there will be many professional photographers participating and many high-quality works submitted to the award,” shared photojournalist Tran Van Hieu.

"Passion for Robot Making" - the single photo won the highest prize in the first season. (Photo: Tran Van Hieu)

Mr. Hieu believes that this is a unique competition, with high difficulty and selectivity, but it is in line with life and the times because our country and the world are prioritizing technology development, and every ordinary person can clearly feel the benefits that modern science and technology bring to daily life.

Therefore, this award not only encourages photo/video authors but also creates a large-scale playground for everyone with a passion for photography and filmmaking to express their talents and perspectives on technological issues in everyday life.

“Modern technology is changing our lives every day. In addition to technical factors, the noble human values ​​from technological advances are making life more beautiful and worth living. I hope this award will last for many years so that professional and non-professional authors have the opportunity to try their hand,” Mr. Hieu expressed.

Evaluating the organization, he said that the award was organized very thoughtfully, grandly and professionally. The way to send photos online is very convenient, economical for participants and also shows the "technological quality" of this award.

Sharing the same thought as Mr. Tran Van Hieu, photojournalist Le Thanh Tung also devoted a lot of effort to his work participating in the award because this is not only an opportunity for him to rub shoulders, exchange and learn from his colleagues but also a professional responsibility of a person working in propaganda.

Last year, he won Third Prize in the Photo Series category with his work on the Rehabilitation Equipment Project for People with Limited Mobility and Stroke by a group of students from Hanoi. This project demonstrates the creativity and humanity of the young generation, when researching medical equipment suitable for the physical condition of Vietnamese people and with a cheaper price than imported equipment.

A work in the Third Prize winning photo series by photojournalist Le Thanh Tung.

“In the face of the explosion of information technology and the digital age, the theme of this award is like a 'compass' for every professional and amateur photographer to have more motivation to explore and create from the most familiar things in life, thereby sending their feelings and messages to see life more beautifully,” Mr. Le Thanh Tung shared.

Mr. Tung assessed that the works awarded and displayed in the first season were all of good quality, demonstrating research, discovery as well as careful investment in terms of images, thereby affirming the prestige of the award. He believes that the second season will have more authors participating in the award.

“In order for the award’s impact to reach the public even more, in addition to displaying it at the closing ceremony, the Organizing Committee should consider coordinating with the Youth Union of educational institutions from primary to university to introduce the exhibition to a large number of students. Because these are also the future factors that will create great achievements in science and technology in our country,” Mr. Tung suggested./.

The second photo and video awards with the theme “Technology from the heart” have 3 sets of awards for the categories of single photos, photo reports and videos. Each set of awards includes: 1 First prize worth 50 million VND, 2 Second prizes worth 40 million VND each, 3 Third prizes worth 30 million VND each, 5 Encouragement prizes worth 10 million VND each.

The Jury will select a number of works to display at the Award Ceremony, the authors will receive a royalty of 3 million VND/work.

Time and address for receiving entries from the launch date to June 30, 2025. The closing ceremony and award ceremony are expected to be in August 2025.

Authors can visit the website: https://congnghetutraitim.com for more details./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/giai-cong-nghe-tu-trai-tim-tim-kiem-nhung-gia-tri-tich-cuc-tu-xa-hoi-so-post1023301.vnp