On the evening of December 11, at the Hanoi Opera House, the Ministry of Information and Communications in coordination with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists solemnly held the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition and announced the Awards of the Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam" 2024.
Minister Nguyen Manh Hung and delegates cut the ribbon to open the Exhibition and announce the Competition Awards.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Party Central Committee member and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said: The Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam" is an important event, honoring people across the country, overseas Vietnamese and international friends who apply digital technology to create photos and videos about the country and people of Vietnam. The creativity and vitality of the people from the first Contest in 2023 have spread nationwide and around the world. After the Award Ceremony last year, the Ministry of Information and Communications organized 15 exhibitions at home and abroad and transferred them to central ministries, departments, branches and many localities to organize exhibitions at major foreign affairs activities. The Organizing Committee sent the works to the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, Australia, Sweden, Italy and many representative agencies abroad... to organize exhibitions.
Minister Nguyen Manh Hung speaks at the ceremony
The 2024 contest was launched nationwide, with close and effective coordination between local leaders, Departments of Information and Communications; Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Literature and Arts Associations of provinces and cities. Last year, the contest attracted more than 7,000 entries, this year the number has increased to more than 10,300 entries, from nearly 6,900 authors, including 600 foreign authors and nearly 270 overseas Vietnamese authors. On the vietnam.vn platform, there have been more than 90 million visits, of which over 35% are from abroad. Minister Nguyen Manh Hung said that after many days of serious and impartial work, the Jury and Organizing Committee selected 60 Videos and 150 photos to display at the Exhibition, of which 34 best works were awarded this year. More than 10,000 stories about the peaceful, beautiful and happy Vietnam have been recorded by the authors in photos and videos. From the mountains to the cities, from the mainland to the islands, from familiar things to heroic moments of the nation. “For the Border Guard, happiness is working together to build, build, and watch a rich, beautiful and developed Vietnam border. Athletes are happy when the national flag appears on the international arena; the happiness of doctors is to be able to cure many patients. The happiness of ethnic minorities is to preserve the traditional culture of the nation and thereby promote it to everyone in the country and internationally, to study well to return to serve the homeland, to see the homeland develop every day... Happiness is sometimes simply being yourself and happiness often comes from the simplest things around us”, the Minister of Information and Communications reviewed the photos and videos that marked happiness. “According to the World Happiness Report 2024 released on March 20, 2024, Vietnam is in the Top 10 happiest countries or territories in Asia. Vietnam ranks 54th globally, up 11 places compared to 2023. In that journey of happiness, the contribution of the People and the Happy Vietnam Awards Ceremony 2024 represents part of those contributions. This is a testament to the spreading power of the Happy Vietnam spirit, which has gone beyond the framework of a contest, a country, a region,” Minister Nguyen Manh Hung assessed. According to the Organizing Committee, the Contest is a testament to the spirit of love for the homeland, the country, the enthusiasm of people across the country to promote the image of the country, people, and beautiful cultural traditions of our nation to the international community. At the same time, the Contest also shows a new trend in social media work, based on the application of digital technology, digital platforms and mobilizing the strength of the entire population to develop digital data to effectively serve information and propaganda work.
Awarding prizes to authors and winning works of the Contest
Many works were presented with a new, objective perspective on life, society and the development of the country and people of Vietnam, conveying the message of a happy, civilized and powerful Vietnam. Many works recreated the creative journey of the authors associated with the flow of life in the past year, connecting them with the characters they met and came into contact with. The contest also helped the authors have special journeys, meet and honor, spread the images and values of special people. The authors come from many different professions, different ages, different ethnicities, different languages, using different devices but all represent a peaceful, beautiful Vietnam, dynamically developing and a happy country. Source: https://baodantoc.vn/khai-mac-trien-lam-va-cong-bo-giai-thuong-cuoc-thi-anh-video-viet-nam-hanh-phuc-happy-vietnam-1733933197176.htm
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