The Vietnam Digital Content Creation Award Ceremony - VCA 2024 was held by the Vietnam Digital Content Creation Alliance on September 27 in Hanoi, under the chairmanship of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association.

Dr. Nguyen Minh Hong, Chairman of the Vietnam Digital Communications Association, Head of the Award Organizing Committee, shared: VCA 2024 has received increasingly strong support from the community of Vietnamese digital content creators.

"This affirms the mission and goal of the award is to contribute to promoting the development of the digital content industry, creating inspiration to strongly develop the digital content creator community, develop many Vietnamese digital content products to reach out to the world, and contribute high value to Vietnam's digital economy," Dr. Nguyen Minh Hong emphasized.

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Dr. Nguyen Minh Hong and journalist Ha Kim Chi, members of the Jury, presented the award to the representative of MAY Production, the unit that won the "Outstanding Video/Advertising Film" award. Photo: Anh Ngoc

According to the Organizing Committee, VCA 2024 has many innovations in the rules and has added the category "Inspiring Digital Content Creator". This new category is considered and selected based on the number of votes from the community combined with the award criteria. In addition, this year's VCA award also expanded the form of presentation for the two categories "Outstanding Video/Short Film" and "Outstanding Video/Animated Film" to give creators more opportunities to participate in the award.

Associate Professor, Dr. Do Lenh Hung Tu, Chairman of the Vietnam Cinema Association, Chairman of the Preliminary Jury, said: “This year's entries to the award have grown in both quantity and quality. We see the creativity and passion for each topic that the authors pursue.”

According to Dr. Ngo Phuong Lan, President of the Vietnam Cinema Promotion and Development Association, President of the Award's Final Jury, VCA 2024 has recognized many high-quality products with stronger influence. Therefore, the Final Jury had to discuss thoroughly to be able to select the most worthy works and authors.

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Alpha Studio Vietnam won the "Outstanding Animation" award at VCA 2024, with the film "The Kitchen God's Carp". Photo: Anh Ngoc

Notably, VCA 2024 received enthusiastic response from the animation industry when the number of applications for these categories accounted for nearly 30% of the total 300 applications.

With many years of experience working in the animation industry, Ms. Pham Thi Thanh Ha, Head of the Script Department of Vietnam Animation Studio, shared: “I was very surprised that this year there were many animation scriptwriters participating and the quality was very good, the scripts for short films or movies were all impressive. In addition, there were also a large number of animated characters participating in the contest. That proves that animation is increasingly developing, going deep into the community of digital content creators.”

At the award ceremony on the afternoon of September 27, the Organizing Committee announced 12 organizations and individuals honored in 8 categories of the Vietnam Digital Content Creation Award 2024. These are outstanding individuals and units with digital content products that positively contribute to the community.

Specifically, in the category of “Outstanding Animated Film”, the film “Carp of Mr. Tao” by Alpha Studio Vietnam Co., Ltd. won the award for “Outstanding Video/Animated Film”; two authors Bui Quoc Khanh with the work “Emotional Code” and Dinh Phuong Ngoc with the work “Len” won the award for “Outstanding Animated Film Script”; and “Monkey YoYo” by Shanghai Leadjoy Culture Communication Co., Ltd. was honored with the award for “Outstanding Animated Character Set”.

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Author Phan Thanh Quoc received the "Outstanding Short Video" award from VCA 2024. Photo: Anh Ngoc

In the category of “Outstanding Short Video”, the work that won the VCA 2024 award is “Encountering Primitive People in the Amazon Forest” by author Phan Thanh Quoc.

Meanwhile, the film “The Pillar, Why Dare to Be Tired - BOSS Coffee” by MAY Production has excellently won the award in the category of “Outstanding Video/Advertising Film”.

In the category of “Outstanding digital content products in the field of education”, this year’s VCA awards honor VinUni University Library, for building a digital handbook using artificial intelligence – AI to support students in their career development.

Along with that, the award “Outstanding Digital Content Creator” was given to Shanghai Leadjoy Culture Communication Co., Ltd. Mr. Hoang Nam Tien, Vice Chairman of FPT University Council was honored as “Digital Content Creator for the Community”.

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Channel owner Hoang Nam Tien received the VCA 2024 award in the category "Digital content creator for the community". Photo: Anh Ngoc

Owner of Lao Nong Vlog channel Nguyen Van Luu won the “Promising Digital Content Creator” award; and the winners of the “Inspiring Digital Content Creator” award category were Duc Tung Official and Vietales - Stories told by Vietnamese people.

In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded certificates to 29 organizations and individuals nominated for the Final round of this year's Digital Content Creation Award.

VCA 2024 adds 'Inspiring Digital Content Creator' award Vietnam Digital Content Creation Awards 2024 (VCA 2024) adds an 8th category, the 'Inspiring Digital Content Creator' award, to honor businesses, organizations, and individuals who have made positive contributions to the field of digital content creation.