Thanh Nien Newspaper honored at Community Action Award

Mr. Do Van Chien, Politburo member, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, along with leaders and former leaders of the Party and State attended the award gala night.

Báo Thanh Niên được vinh danh tại Giải thưởng Hành động vì Cộng đồng- Ảnh 1. — Mr. Do Van Chien spoke at the gala night.

In his opening speech, Mr. Do Van Chien highly appreciated Nhan Dan Newspaper and related units for organizing the prestigious award, honoring the spirit of dedication and commitment of organizations and individuals contributing to building a good and prosperous community.

"The award has gathered nearly 150 sustainable development projects, initiatives contributing to the community of domestic businesses, organizations and individuals, spanning many fields... Many projects inspire and support the less fortunate, help the dreams of the young generation in remote areas, and are a testament to the fine tradition of "mutual love" of the Vietnamese people...", Mr. Chien emphasized.

Mr. Chien believes that the projects awarded the 2024 Community Action Award will create strong motivation and inspiration for domestic organizations and individuals to participate more in the journey of development, digital transformation, and green transformation, contributing to the country's rapid and sustainable development in the new era - the era of national growth.

The program "Continuing Life with Children" of Thanh Nien Newspaper was honored.

At the ceremony, the organizing committee announced the initiatives receiving the Community Action Award that met five criteria: impact, sustainability, commitment, creativity and community outreach. Accordingly, the Newspaper Adolescent won the "Sustainable Development Idea Award" category with the project "Continuing Life with Children".

Báo Thanh Niên được vinh danh tại Giải thưởng Hành động vì Cộng đồng- Ảnh 2. — Journalist Tran Viet Hung, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Newspaper *Adolescent* (2nd from right), received the award from the organizers

Sharing at the award ceremony, journalist Tran Viet Hung, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Newspaper Thanh Nien , said this is a great honor for those who work at Thanh Nien Newspaper.

"I would like to express my deep gratitude for the trust of readers of the Newspaper. Thanh Nien , the partner community, and our companions have been with us to carry out this project for the past 3 years. That trust is the foundation for us to successfully carry out this project," said journalist Tran Viet Hung.

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Newspaper Adolescent believes that the project is also a natural, strong bond between journalists and the public and readers.

Emotionally recalling the time when Ho Chi Minh City was in the Covid-19 pandemic, journalist Tran Viet Hung shared: "In the most stressful moments, the people working in the press Adolescent has issued an appeal to sponsor orphans. That is the voice, the command from the heart of journalists and many accompanying readers. From there, the project has had a good start. I hope this success will continue in the near future."

Báo Thanh Niên được vinh danh tại Giải thưởng Hành động vì Cộng đồng- Ảnh 3. — Journalist Tran Viet Hung shares at the award ceremony

According to the organizers, the program "Continue Life with Children" was launched by Thanh Nien Newspaper on September 16, 2021, and by November 2024, it had called for and mobilized 73.4 billion VND. More than 2,000 children orphaned by the Covid-19 pandemic or by storm No. 3 (Yagi) benefited from this contribution. Of which, the program provided emergency support to 1,800 children in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong, Long An , ... with a total amount of 4.3 billion VND; awarded scholarships worth 2.1 billion VND. At the same time, the program also signed a long-term sponsorship agreement for 459 children orphaned by the Covid-19 pandemic with a total amount of 56.8 billion VND. In October and November 2024, Thanh Nien Newspaper signed a contract to sponsor 86 orphans due to storm No. 3 ( Yagi ) with a total amount of 10.2 billion VND.

At the gala tonight, December 14, the project "For a green and sustainable Vietnam" by Vietnam Airlines - MoMo - PanNature was also honored in the category of "Sustainable Development Idea Award".

The Human Act Prize 2024 was announced by the organizers to belong to 5 projects including: "VinFast electric cars and electric motorbikes" by VinFast Trading and Services Company Limited; "Comprehensive IT Integration for the Disadvantaged" by Will to Live Joint Stock Company - a social enterprise; "Helping children go to school - adopted children of border guards" project by the Border Guard Command; "NESCAFE Plan" project by Nestlé Vietnam Company Limited; "Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund" project.

In addition, the organizing committee also awarded prizes in the following categories: community idea award (2 projects); timely project award (3 projects); prospective project award (3 projects); enduring project award (4 projects); inspirational project award (4 projects); sustainable project award (4 projects); sustainable product and service award (2 projects); environmental product/service award (2 projects).