124 works won the 17th National Press Award, 2022

The award ceremony will take place on the evening of June 21 at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labor Cultural Palace (Hanoi).

The above information was announced by the National Press Awards Council at a press conference on the morning of June 16 in Hanoi.

According to the Organizing Committee, the annual National Press Awards is a major event that attracts special attention from the press nationwide. It is the most prestigious award for outstanding press works that have made positive contributions to the country's press career, honoring authors and groups of authors with the best works every year. After 17 years of organization, the Awards continue to receive the active and proactive participation of 18 Associations and 35 affiliated Associations.

This year, the number of entries submitted for the competition was 1,894, of which 1,774 were eligible for the preliminary round. The preliminary judging process was carried out seriously, strictly, in accordance with the Guidelines and Regulations of the Award Council. The 11 Subcommittees of the Preliminary Judging Council worked impartially, completed the judging on time, and achieved good quality. The final judging process was carried out in accordance with the Award Charter and the working regulations and voting procedures of the Award Council.

Of the 157 works entered into the final round, the Council discussed, assessed and voted to select 124 outstanding works to award the 17th National Press Award in 2022, including 9 A prizes, 24 B prizes, 46 C prizes, and 45 Encouragement prizes.

Ms. Do Thi Thu Hang, Head of the Professional Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association, said that the entries closely followed major topics from politics, economics, culture, society, national defense, security and other aspects of the country's life in 2022, clearly reflecting the country's important events. These are efforts to restore socio-economic development and build an independent and self-reliant economy in the context of being heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; the work of Party building and rectification, the fight against corruption and negativity, protecting the Party's ideological foundation; prominent economic issues such as the stock market, the real estate market crisis, loopholes in petroleum business management. In addition, there are topics on culture, preserving and promoting national cultural identity, protecting cultural values ​​in the new era; Hot social issues such as school drug problems, human trafficking, violations at religious establishments, the situation of buying and selling eggs and surrogacy underground...; protecting sovereignty over seas and islands, protecting the environment, responding to climate change; the spirit of great national solidarity; digital transformation in all areas of social life...

Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association Nguyen Duc Loi stated that in general, the works participating in this year's awards are of good quality. The quality is also quite even, the gap between central and local press has been narrowed in many genres. Most of the works are close to reality, highly topical, addressing hot spots in 2022 in the fields of politics, economics, society, national security and defense, Party building, etc. Many works are invested in carefully, the content is to discover new issues, criticize major policies and guidelines of the Party and State; propose many creative solutions, good ways of doing things that have the power to spread and influence in society. Many works are of good quality, invested seriously and carefully, have a tight structure, and the way of expression is close, vivid, and attractive to readers.

Central and local press agencies have clearly demonstrated achievements in innovation, creativity, diversity, and multimedia, typically: Ho Chi Minh City Television Station, Nghe An Radio and Television Station, Tuyen Quang Newspaper... Besides the large-level Associations, the quality of works submitted to the Award is still good, such as: Nhan Dan Newspaper Journalists Association, Vietnam Television Station, Voice of Vietnam Radio Station, Vietnam News Agency, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Information and Communications, People's Army Newspaper, Military Radio and Television Center, Ho Chi Minh City Journalists Association..., many provincial Journalists Associations have invested in selecting and improving the quality of works submitted to the Award.

This year, press photos have more good works than last year, especially in some local units that have invested well in their works, sent more entries, there are photo sets that show the discovery of the topic, professional expression. However, there are still some units that sent works not following the instructions, many Association levels sent works very late. Some localities have not spent time researching and selecting truly excellent and outstanding works.

The 17th National Press Awards Ceremony - 2022 will be broadcast live on VTV1 - Vietnam Television and VOV1 - Voice of Vietnam.

According to VNA