Community Action Award 2025: 'Persevering in Service'

The third Human Act Prize, 2025, with the theme “Persevering in Service”.

The Human Act Prize is a national award, hosted by Nhan Dan Newspaper in collaboration with VCCorp Joint Stock Company, annually to honor individuals and organizations that have made positive contributions to the community through projects with sustainable social impact.

For the first time, the Human Act Prize is launching a free training program for community leaders running small and medium-sized projects, helping them improve their management, fundraising, communication and sustainability skills. A “Project Mentorship” mechanism has been established, creating opportunities for large projects and reputable experts to directly support small and medium-sized initiatives.

Projects participating in the Human Act Prize 2025 will be evaluated based on 5 main criteria groups:

Commitment: Demonstrated through the level of finance, time and long-term development plan that an individual or organization dedicates to the project; at the same time, promoting transparency in the implementation process.

Sustainability: Assesses the ability of the community to continue to maintain and develop the project in the absence of initial resources through the level of community participation, the longevity of the impact, and the ability to be independent of donors.

Creativity: Recognizes new approaches, breakthrough solutions or unique models that address a specific social problem, creating new value for the community.

Impact: Measures the actual impact and scale of the project, including the number of beneficiaries, the improvement in their lives, as well as the contribution to national and international sustainable development goals.

Spreadability: Assesses the ability to replicate, inspire and create positive effects for the community through an easy-to-apply operating model that is imbued with humanistic values and has a clear strategic direction.

A notable new feature is the exhibition “Action for the community” which will be held right at the Nhan Dan Newspaper campus, directly connected to the Hoan Kiem Lake walking space (Hanoi). Instead of just displaying information, the exhibition space will tell stories through real artifacts such as products made from recycled materials, waste materials, items made from processed bomb shells, products of people with disabilities and environmentally friendly initiatives... Each artifact not only bears the mark of creativity, but is also a symbol of revival and the spirit of serving the community.

The community nomination portal and project registration portal for the official prize will open from August 20, 2025 at: https://humanactprize.org/congdongdecu

The registration portal will close on October 10, after which the projects will go through a preliminary round (October 21) and the results will be announced (October 23). The exhibition and the final round will take place from November 14 to 23. The award gala will take place on December 13 in Hanoi.