Select the best works with strong and positive social impact

Attending the opening ceremony were Comrade Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association , Chairman of the National Press Award Council, and Chairman of the Final Judging Council of the 18th National Press Award - 2023; Comrade Nguyen Duc Loi, Standing Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Chairman of the Preliminary Judging Council of the National Press Award, and Standing Vice Chairman of the Final Judging Council; Comrade Nguyen Thanh Lam, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, and Vice Chairman of the Final Judging Council; members of the Final Judging Council… along with press agencies, journalists, and reporters attending to cover the event.

Selecting the best works with a positive and powerful social impact (Figure 1) — Delegates attending the Final Round of the 18th National Journalism Awards - 2023.

This year marks the 18th anniversary of the Award, with many new members in both the Preliminary and Final Judging Panels. The organization of the Award was carried out systematically and professionally by the Award Secretariat, attracting active and enthusiastic participation from all levels of the Association, press agencies, and journalist members and collaborators nationwide.

The number of entries submitted to the competition was high.

In his opening remarks at the final judging round, Comrade Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, and Chairman of the Final Judging Council, stated: The National Journalism Award is a major event that attracts special attention from the press nationwide. It is the most prestigious award given to journalistic works, honoring authors and groups of authors with the most outstanding works each year.

Selecting the best works with a positive and powerful social impact (Figure 2) — Comrade Le Quoc Minh, Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, and President of the Vietnam Journalists Association, delivered the opening remarks at the Final Round.

This year, the National Journalism Award has entered its 18th season, accompanying the life of journalism, becoming a truly beneficial professional activity, spreading widely among all levels of associations and the journalistic community, and increasingly affirming its prestige as the most prestigious professional award for Vietnamese journalists.

The number of entries submitted to this year's competition remains the highest in recent years. The working committees of the Award Council have diligently implemented their tasks on schedule, ensuring compliance with the competition's organizational procedures. The 73 members of the Preliminary Judging Panel, divided into 11 subcommittees, worked with professionalism and a high sense of responsibility, adhering strictly to the Regulations, Guidelines, and Judging Rules. They conducted assessments, judged, and submitted to the Final Judging Panel a list of 165 entries across 11 award categories, selected from 1,905 submitted entries.

According to Comrade Le Quoc Minh: The entries submitted to the Award closely followed major themes from politics , economics, culture, society, security, national defense, and various aspects of life in 2023. The press promptly and vividly reflected major events and important issues of the country, with prominent topics such as efforts to implement the 2023 socio-economic development plan and the 2020-2030 socio-economic development strategy.

Selecting the best works that have a positive and powerful social impact (Figure 3) — The council members will carefully and impartially discuss and select the outstanding works.

The tasks include building and rectifying the Party; inspecting, supervising, and controlling power in conjunction with the fight against corruption and negative phenomena; combating erroneous and hostile viewpoints; and upholding the spirit of national unity. Topics also include history and commemorating important events of the country.

Many media outlets have innovated, embracing modern journalistic technologies, developing multi-platform, multimedia journalism, and creative journalistic formats to increase appeal and accessibility to the public; accelerating the digital transformation in the field of journalism and media. As a result, in addition to central media agencies, some local newspapers and broadcasting stations have also changed their approach to selecting topics and implementing them in a new, modern way, which has been highly appreciated by the Preliminary Judging Panel in terms of both quality and presentation.

Ensuring objectivity, impartiality, and discernment in selecting the best works.

Comrade Le Quoc Minh emphasized: "This is both an honor and a heavy responsibility for the Final Judging Council. We must ensure objectivity, impartiality, and discernment in selecting the best works among those shortlisted, representative in both content and form. These works must address truly important issues of the country, ensuring political-ideological integrity, orientation, honesty, and a strong and positive social impact, worthy of receiving the 18th National Journalism Award – 2023, coinciding with the 99th anniversary of Vietnam's Revolutionary Journalism Day on June 21st, and looking forward to the 100th anniversary of Vietnam's Revolutionary Journalism in 2025."

Selecting the best works with a positive and powerful social impact (Figure 4) — Comrade Nguyen Duc Loi, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Chairman of the Preliminary Judging Panel of the National Journalism Award; and Standing Vice Chairman of the Final Judging Panel, reported on the results of the preliminary judging round.

"The members of the Final Judging Panel are experienced, enthusiastic, and highly reputable journalists. Many of them have participated in the final judging of numerous national journalism awards in recent years, possessing firm ideological convictions, professional expertise, objectivity in evaluating and identifying excellent works and authors with professional skills, and a spirit of dedication to journalism," Comrade Le Quoc Minh emphasized.

On behalf of the National Press Award Council, Comrade Le Quoc Minh requested that the members of the final judging panel, with the highest sense of responsibility, actively and thoroughly discuss and accurately and impartially evaluate the works shortlisted for the final round, ensuring their persuasiveness before the public and colleagues nationwide.

Also at the opening ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Duc Loi, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Chairman of the Preliminary Judging Panel of the National Journalism Award; and Standing Vice Chairman of the Final Judging Panel, reported on the results of the preliminary judging round.

Selecting the best works that have a positive and powerful social impact (Figure 5) — The National Journalism Award Final Judging Council approved the preliminary judging results report; discussed and provided feedback on the entries and the judging process...

Accordingly, the 18th National Journalism Award - 2023, since its launch, has received a positive response from all levels of the Association and individual journalists and members; attracting participation from 18 out of 21 affiliated branches and 30 out of 223 subordinate branches, and all 63 provincial and city Journalists' Associations, with 1905 entries submitted.

Of these, 1827 works met the eligibility criteria. 127 works were submitted by authors who were not members of the Vietnam Journalists Association. This demonstrates the strong appeal of the Award and the positive interest and participation of members and all levels of the Journalists Association nationwide.

The preparations were carried out by the General Secretariat of the Award in accordance with the regulations and guidelines, on schedule, creating favorable conditions for the evaluation of works by the preliminary judging subcommittees. This year, the National Journalism Award continues to implement online judging through the judging software of the Vietnam Journalists Association for electronic, radio, and television works, in addition to direct judging of print and photojournalism works.

Selecting the best works that have a positive and powerful social impact (Figure 6) — The council members also discussed and approved several important items.

At this morning's meeting, the National Journalism Awards Final Judging Council approved the preliminary judging results report; the Council discussed and provided feedback on the entries, the judging process, and other related issues. Council members also discussed and approved the voting procedures for the Final Judging Council; approved the vote counting committee and proceeded with the voting; and exchanged views on innovating the organization of this year's awards ceremony... The Council discussed, scored, and unanimously selected the award categories.

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