Also attending were: Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Work and members of the Party Central Committee, alternate members of the Party Central Committee, leaders of Central Committees, ministries, branches, unions, embassies, diplomatic agencies, international organizations in Vietnam...
Speaking at the award ceremony, Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, acknowledged and highly appreciated the positive contributions of foreign information work in general and the team of foreign information workers in particular to the important results of the country after half a term of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, contributing to consolidating and enhancing the role, position and prestige of our Party and country in the international arena.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at the 9th National External Information Awards Ceremony.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that foreign information forces focus on performing well the following tasks: Continuing to fully and accurately convey the Party's foreign policy and guidelines; the Party and State's economic development policies and guidelines; stepping up communication and promotion of Vietnam's culture, tangible and intangible cultural heritages that are unique and internationally competitive.
Constantly innovate and create foreign information methods, identifying this as a key task to improve the effectiveness of foreign information work.
"We must tell appropriate, attractive and engaging stories about Vietnam so that the world can understand, love and support Vietnam. We must find a quick and effective way to bring Vietnam's messages to leave a deep impression in the hearts of international friends," the Prime Minister emphasized.
Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Prime Minister and Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia - Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Work presented awards to the authors and groups of authors who won the First Prize.
In addition, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh noted the need to proactively seek solutions to invest resources in foreign information work as well as mobilize and gather a large number of people and international friends to participate in foreign information work. The Prime Minister wished: "Every citizen is an ambassador in foreign information work, and at the same time, we must take advantage of and promote the creativity and enthusiasm of young people in foreign information work."
In addition, the Prime Minister requested that foreign information forces focus on preventing and removing; combating and effectively refuting bad, toxic, offensive information that opposes the Communist Party of Vietnam and the State. Harmoniously combine "building" and "fighting", in which "building" is the main focus.
Regarding the National Award for Foreign Information, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the Central Propaganda Department, the Steering Committee for Foreign Information Work, especially key press agencies to continuously research, explore, and innovate in the award regulations, structure, and organization, so that the influence of the Award does not stop in Vietnam, but also spreads to countries in the region and around the world.
Comrade Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association and Comrade Nguyen Van Hung - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism presented awards to the authors and groups of authors who won the Second Prize.
The 9th Foreign Affairs Award is a colorful information picture, which is images of important political, social and foreign affairs events of the country; information about the Party and State's guidelines, policies and guidelines; the country's achievements in all fields; the brilliant colors of national culture; the position and prestige of our Party and country in the international arena.
At the 9th Award, the Award Organizing Committee received 1,456 entries, an increase of 30% compared to the previous Award. The number of entries increased mainly in the categories of initiatives and products with foreign information value; printed newspapers, electronic newspapers, foreign language websites; television; photos; video clips. The categories of printed newspapers, electronic newspapers, Vietnamese and foreign language websites still lead in the number of entries and products participating in this year's Award.
The themes of this year's works and products fully cover important political, foreign affairs, cultural events of the country, attracting the attention of domestic and international public opinion; information on the Party and State's guidelines, policies, and achievements of the country in the fields of politics, economics, foreign affairs, human rights; the beauty of the country, people, and cultural values of Vietnam...
VOV General Director Do Tien Sy and VTV General Director Le Ngoc Quang presented awards to the authors and groups of authors who won the Third Prize.
The forms of expression are diverse, unique, modern, meeting the needs and information access habits of different audiences, especially young people. Many works and products demonstrate innovative and creative thinking in methods; effectively applying new media. Works and products by foreigners mainly focus on analyzing Vietnam's foreign policy; Vietnam's role and position in the international arena, socio-economic development situation; people-to-people exchange activities, etc., demonstrating deep understanding and affection for the country and people of Vietnam, contributing to creating a positive flow of information from international public opinion about Vietnam.
Based on the Award rules, through two rounds of preliminary and final judging, the Award Council selected 110 best works and products to award prizes. Of which, there were 8 first prizes, 22 second prizes, 30 third prizes, and 50 consolation prizes.
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