The event saw the attendance of Thuan Huu, PCC member, Deputy Head of the PCC’s Education and Communications Commission, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association and Editor-in-chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper; Nguyen Hong Dien, member of the Party Central Committee (PCC), Deputy Head of the PCC’s Education and Communications Commission; Ho Quang Loi, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association.
Hanoi’s leaders attending the ceremony included Politburo member, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Vuong Dinh Hue; PCC member, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang; Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s Hanoi chapter Nguyen Lan Huong; Head of the municipal Party Committee’s Organization Commission Vu Duc Bao; Head of the municipal Party Committee’s Education and Communications Commission Nguyen Van Phong; Standing Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Nguyen Ngoc Tuan; Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Doan Toan, among others.
For the Press Award on the Building of the Party and Political System of Hanoi in 2020, the organizing board has received a total of 140 entries from 30 central and municipal media outlets.
For the Press Award on Cultural Development and on Cultural Development and Building Elegant and Civilized Hanoians, the organizing board has received a total of 271 submissions from 33 central and local press agencies.
The works have covered the current problems of Hanoi in 2020, such as the celebration of the 90 founding anniversary of Hanoi’s Party organization, the organization of the Party congress at all levels towards the upcoming 17th Party Congress of Hanoi, COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control, and the realization of the dual task of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and boosting socio-economic development in the area, among others.
Out of 70 entries in the final round of the Press Award on the Building of the Party and Political System 2020, the organizing board selected 33 excellent works to present with awards, including three A prizes, five prize B, ten C prizes and 15 consolation prizes.
Meanwhile, the organizers presented three A prizes, five B prize, ten C prizes and 15 consolation prizes to 33 works selected in the final round of the Press Award on Cultural Development and on Cultural Development and Building Elegant and Civilized style of Hanoians.
Permanent Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang launches the Press Awards in 2021.
Addressing the event, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Ngo Thi Thanh Hang said that this is the third year Hanoi has launched these two press awards which affirm the important role of building the Party and the political system, developing culture and building civilized and elegant manner of Hanoians.
She underlined the press awards have significantly contributed to improving the quality of communication work, helping officials, Party members and people know more about the Party’s guidelines and the State’s laws regarding the Party building rectification and cultural development in Hanoi.
At the ceremony, on behalf of the municipal Party Standing Board, Permanent Deputy Secretary Hang launched the Press Award on Party Building and the Political system of Hanoi and the Press Award on Cultural Development and Building of Civilized and Elegant manner of Hanoians in 2021.
She also called the press agencies and journalists in the capital and the country to actively participate in responding to the two press awards.
