Inspire the whole society to participate

On the evening of December 11, at Ho Guom Theater, Hanoi, the Gala ceremony to present the Human Act Prize 2023 of Nhan Dan Newspaper took place, honoring outstanding projects, ideas, and pioneering marks on a challenging but meaningful journey.

The “Human Act Prize” is organized by Nhan Dan Newspaper, with the participation of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the coordination of VCCorp Joint Stock Company and the sponsor Kim Cuong Bac A Bank. The award aims to honor individuals and organizations that have made positive contributions to society through prestigious community initiatives and projects that bring long-term and sustainable results.

Community Action Awards inspire the whole society to participate in image 1 — Delegates attending the Community Action Award of Nhan Dan Newspaper.

Attending the Gala night were Party Central Committee members: Lai Xuan Mon, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Le Quoc Minh, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Pham Tat Thang, Deputy Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Department; Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Vice President - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Nguyen Dac Vinh, Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture and Education; and leaders of central and local ministries, departments, and branches...

After more than 3 years of nurturing the idea and 70 days of urgent activities, the Human Act Prize 2023 of Nhan Dan Newspaper has reached the final stage of its first year journey with the theme "Pioneering Imprint".

Speaking at the Award Gala, journalist 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, Head of the Award Organizing Committee, said that the Community Action Award initiated by Nhan Dan Newspaper aims to find pioneering units and individuals who dare to take the first steps on a journey full of difficulties and challenges.

Community Action Awards inspire the whole society to participate image 2 — Journalist 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, Head of the Award Organizing Committee spoke at the program.

“Among the nearly 130 entries sent to us, there are many individuals, organizations and units that have quietly started their journeys decades ago. They have been working, testing and adjusting, and struggling to find ways to improve their programs/projects to become more systematic and professional, in order to create stronger impacts, thereby bringing about many changes to a region, or simply helping individual lives. Their concerns, steadfast belief and enthusiasm are an endless inspiration for us - the organizers of the Award,” emphasized journalist Le Quoc Minh.

Reviewing a few typical examples, the Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper affirmed: The Community Action Award not only seeks timely support projects, projects with the ability to spread and inspire widely, but the Organizing Committee also finds pioneering units that dare to take the first steps to find a development model towards sustainability, creating a change in the face of an entire region, of an economic sector. Even further, they have put Vietnam's name on the world's sustainable development map and become a model for many other countries to follow.

According to journalist Le Quoc Minh, these first steps will open a new journey, because if there are pioneers, there will certainly be followers. To move towards sustainable development for the whole society, we need the cooperation of many people, many organizations, many businesses.

Community Action Awards inspire the whole society to participate, picture 3 — According to journalist Le Quoc Minh, each of us "Do not hesitate to do good deeds, do not hesitate to spread good stories in life".

“We hope that the values that the Community Action Awards are trying to promote will inspire the whole society to participate. Any action for the community, big or small, will contribute to the greater goal that we all desire - a quality and sustainable life for the whole society. Do not hesitate to do good deeds, and do not hesitate to spread good stories in life,” emphasized the Head of the Award Organizing Committee.

According to the Organizing Committee, to ensure the transparency of the award, all participating projects must go through a rigorous application process, including the requirement to provide detailed content and documents. Right from the preliminary round, reporters also directly met and made many field trips to learn about the projects, recounting to the community the stories, methods and models of each project, as well as the values that the community benefits from these projects.

From the 35 finalist projects, the jury selected the best projects to award prizes. The Human Act Prize categories are evaluated based on criteria that ensure impact, sustainability, commitment, creativity and community outreach.

Community Action Awards inspire the whole society to participate, picture 4 — Mr. Lai Xuan Mon, Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, awarded the Human Act Prize to 5 outstanding projects and initiatives. This is the most important award category of the Human Act Prize 2023 of Nhan Dan Newspaper.

Specifically: The categories of the Human Act Prize 2023 of Nhan Dan Newspaper with the theme "Pioneering Mark" include: The category "Ideas for the Community" honors projects with feasible implementation ideas, contributing to promoting the community in a more positive and sustainable direction.

The Project category honors breakthrough community projects that solve urgent social problems, including: Timely Project honors initiatives that effectively respond to urgent problems and the spirit of willingness to commit to the community; Prospective Project honors projects that have the potential to develop quickly and widely in the future; Enduring Project honors admirable efforts to maintain and develop long-term impacts for the community; Inspirational Project honors community activities with high humanity, the ability to spread and replicate, activating the great strength of the community; Sustainable Project honors scientifically built initiatives that bring about profound and outstanding long-term impacts to the community.

In particular, the landmark Human Act Prize category will be presented to honor actions that make positive and sustainable contributions to the community.

Community action awards arouse the inspiration for the whole society to participate. Figure 5 — Within the framework of the award, for the first time, an exhibition on Community Action was held. The exhibition contributed to bringing the journey of pioneers in community action closer to the public.

Before the Gala Awards Night, more than 90 press agencies from central to local levels had accompanied the Award to spread the values that the Human Act Prize sought through more than 900 articles, 50 television news reports, more than 350 articles on social media channels, reaching more than 4 million readers on multiple media platforms.

Not only honoring and spreading, the Human Act Prize of Nhan Dan Newspaper also accompanies, guides and connects all individuals and groups who have, are and will carry the responsibility for the community on their journey with the goal of creating all community activities in Vietnam in a transparent, scientific, effective and humane manner.

Accordingly, valuable initiatives and ideas for the community and practical lessons on project models have been stored in the Community Initiative Library so that all interested people who do not know how to do it or do not have ideas can refer to and learn.

Community action awards arouse the inspiration for the whole society to participate. Image 6 — Journalist 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, Head of the Organizing Committee of the award, answered questions from the press before the award ceremony.

Within the framework of the award, for the first time, an exhibition on Community Action was held. The exhibition contributed to bringing the journey of pioneers in community action closer to the public through shared stories and direct experiential activities when visitors had the opportunity to participate in a workshop on recycling scraps of fabric with people with disabilities, a workshop on painting on straw paper, and a performance of the Puppetry of Resistance Dolls...

The Human Act Prize is organized by Nhan Dan Newspaper, under the direction of the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the coordination of VCCorp Joint Stock Company.

Some photos at the Gala awarding ceremony of Community Action Award of Nhan Dan Newspaper: