On the evening of February 11, the exhibition opened and the awards for the photo and video contest "Happy Vietnam" were announced.

On the evening of December 11, at the Hanoi Opera House, the Ministry of Information and Communications in coordination with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists will organize the Opening Ceremony of the exhibition and announce the awards for the photo and video contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam 2024".

After nearly 7 months of launching the contest from March 20, 2024 to October 15, 2024, the photo and video contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam 2024" has attracted more than 10,000 photo and video entries from more than 6,800 domestic and international authors. Of which, works from foreigners and overseas Vietnamese account for 15% of the total authors.

Thai Binh land through wonderful photos by author To Quang Manh. Photo: Happy Vietnam.

From there, the Jury and Organizing Committee selected 60 videos and 150 typical photos to display at the exhibition, of which 34 best works were awarded. According to the assessment, each work is a story, an impressive moment or carries a meaningful message about love for the homeland, Vietnam with pride, love and aspiration for a prosperous and happy life across the S-shaped strip of land of Vietnam. Specifically, at 8:00 p.m. on December 11, 2024 at the Hanoi Opera House, the Opening Ceremony of the exhibition and announcement of the awards for the photo and video contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam 2024" will be held along with a special art program. The above event will be broadcast live on VTV4 Foreign Television Channel of Vietnam Television, livestreamed on VTV Digital channel and the Vietnam Image Promotion Platform (https://vietnam.vn). The Department of External Information (Ministry of Information and Communications) said that after the Award Ceremony, outstanding works will be selected and continue to be exhibited both domestically and internationally. These exhibitions aim to serve the communication and promotion of Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights in Vietnam in 2025. The next exhibition will be held in Thailand from December 23 to December 27.

Minister Nguyen Manh Hung spoke at the ceremony.

The above contest is one of the activities to implement the Communication Project on Human Rights in Vietnam approved by the Prime Minister on September 14, 2022. The entries about the image of the country, Vietnamese people, cultural values, and nature across the country arouse national pride and aspirations for development in all classes of people to join hands to build Vietnam to be more and more prosperous, prosperous and happy... At the same time, mobilize the combined strength of all classes of people in the country, the Vietnamese community abroad and international friends in communication work, promote the image of the country and Vietnamese people to the world to affirm to the world that Vietnam is a peaceful, beautiful country, dynamically developing and a happy country. This is the second year the Ministry of Information and Communications has organized the contest, demonstrating the deep concern and consistent policy of our Party and State towards the work of caring for the material and spiritual life of the people, taking the people as the center, in the spirit of "leaving no one behind" and creating all favorable conditions for people to participate, contribute, promote their capacity and intelligence in the cause of building, developing, protecting the Fatherland and international integration of the country. Source: https://diendandothi.kinhtedothi.vn/toi-11-2-khai-mac-trien-lam-va-cong-bo-giai-thuong-cuoc-thi-anh-video-viet-nam-hanh-phuc-5008.html