The 16th National Radio Festival 2024 will take place in Thanh Hoa from July 9 to 14.

On July 3, in Hanoi, Voice of Vietnam Radio in coordination with Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee held a press conference to introduce the 16th National Radio Festival in 2024. Attending the press conference were comrades: Dau Thanh Tung, Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Minh Hung, Deputy General Director of Voice of Vietnam Radio.

Overview of the press conference of the 16th National Radio Festival - 2024

The 16th National Radio Festival - 2024 took place from July 9 to 14, with the theme "Vietnam Radio - Diversity in Digital Transformation". The festival attracted the participation of 81 units, with 380 works in 6 genres: Reportage, special programs, interviews, ethnic language radio programs, radio stories, live radio programs. And, 5 award categories: Digital platform application, podcast, excellent staging technique, golden voice, excellent host. Notably, this year's festival has a sharp increase in live radio programs with the number of participating units up to 37 (in 2022 there were 29 units).

According to the Organizing Committee, the works submitted to the Festival are of uniform quality, the topics are correct, relevant and topical, the production is elaborate and there are many innovations and creativity. This year is also the first year that the podcast category has been included in the Radio Festival for awards, with the desire to encourage the diverse development of media types, in order to better meet the needs of the public.

After the preliminary round held in Tuyen Quang province, the Jury selected 228 works from 81 units to enter the final round, specifically: 53 works in the reportage genre; 28 works in the interview genre; 30 Radio stories; 48 Radio topics; 32 Ethnic language radio programs and 37 Live radio programs.

The final round of the Festival will be held from July 9 to July 14. The opening ceremony will be held at 8:00 p.m. on July 11; the closing ceremony will be held at 8:00 p.m. on July 13 at Lam Son Dance and Drama Theater, Thanh Hoa Province; and will be broadcast live on the radio and television of the Voice of Vietnam, Radio and Television Stations of provinces and cities, and on digital platforms.

Within the framework of the Final Round of the 16th National Radio Festival, the Voice of Vietnam and Thanh Hoa Radio and Television organized exciting professional, cultural and sports activities, creating a forum for Vietnamese radio workers to exchange, meet and share experiences, such as: International Workshop "Digital Transformation of Radio: International and Vietnamese Practices", Program "9th National Exchange of Cheo Art Lovers in 2024" and "For Healthy Waves" Race.

The National Radio Festival is a professional activity of the Vietnamese radio industry, held every two years, to discover and honor outstanding authors and works of radio journalists nationwide, and is also an opportunity for journalists, editors, and reporters to exchange, learn, improve their skills, and contribute to improving the quality of radio programs.

Comrade Tran Minh Hung, Deputy General Director of Voice of Vietnam, spoke at the press conference.

Speaking at the press conference, comrade Tran Minh Hung, Deputy General Director of Voice of Vietnam, said: In the strategy for digital transformation of the press until 2025, with a vision to 2030, it is clearly defined that digital transformation of the press aims to build press agencies in a professional, humane, and modern direction, effectively carrying out the mission of information and propaganda to serve the revolutionary cause of the Party and the cause of national innovation, ensuring the role of leading and orienting public opinion, maintaining information sovereignty in cyberspace, innovating readers' experiences, and creating new sources of revenue for the digital content industry.

The Deputy General Director of the Voice of Vietnam affirmed that digital transformation will bring many benefits to journalists in general and radio in particular, which is to increase public access, thereby contributing to improving the quality, content of programs, and methods of expression in the program production process. In addition, it also increases the ability of the public to interact and participate in journalism activities, thereby creating new business models.

Comrade Dau Thanh Tung, Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee spoke at the press conference.

Speaking at the press conference, Vice Chairman of Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee Dau Thanh Tung emphasized: Thanh Hoa is very pleased to host the 16th National Radio Festival. The Provincial Party Committee, Provincial People's Committee, Thanh Hoa Provincial Radio and Television Station and Voice of Vietnam will closely coordinate to create the best conditions for the Radio Festival to be successfully organized, leaving many impressions. This is also an opportunity to promote the image of Thanh Hoa province to thousands of cadres, reporters and editors from all over the country, showing the hospitality and affection of Thanh Hoa people to friends and colleagues.

Thuy Linh

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