Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Work delivered the opening speech at the award ceremony. Photo: Phuong Hoa - VNA

On the evening of December 3, at the Hanoi Opera House, the Central Propaganda Department, the Steering Committee for External Information Work presided over and coordinated with Vietnam Television and relevant ministries and branches to organize the 10th National External Information Awards. Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Head of the Steering Committee for External Information Work Nguyen Trong Nghia attended and delivered a speech at the ceremony. Also attending were Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; a number of members of the Party Central Committee, leaders of central ministries and branches; leaders of press agencies and award-winning authors. Speaking at the award ceremony, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia emphasized that the 10th National External Information Awards is an important event, a meaningful forum to honor the outstanding contributions of individuals and collectives in external information work - a field of strategic significance to the cause of national construction and defense. On behalf of the Party and State leaders, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia congratulated the authors, groups of authors, and collectives whose works were honored, and expressed deep gratitude to the forces working in foreign information in all fields at home and abroad who have made continuous efforts for the common cause of the country. Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia also thanked the sincere and good feelings that international friends have given to the country and people of Vietnam. This is a valuable support, contributing to spreading and positioning the image of Vietnam very well in the eyes of the international community.

Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son presented the First Prize to the authors and groups of authors. Photo: Phuong Hoa - VNA

According to the Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Vietnam's foreign information work has gone through a long journey with many proud achievements, especially in recent years. In the face of fluctuations in the world situation, foreign information increasingly demonstrates its role as an important bridge to help the world understand correctly and more deeply about Vietnam. At the same time, this is also a sharp tool to protect national and ethnic interests, and fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints. “The achievements of foreign information work are not only reflected in impressive figures such as the number of works and the number of information accesses, but also through the influence and recognition from the international community. Vietnam is known not only as a country with a rich culture and a heroic history, but also as a country that is strongly striving on the path of innovation and international integration. The 10th National Foreign Information Award has attracted the attention and enthusiastic participation of domestic and foreign agencies, organizations and individuals. Thousands of entries this year are not only diverse in genre but also rich in content, demonstrating the creativity and responsibility of those working in foreign information work,” affirmed Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia.

Delegates attend the 10th National Foreign Information Awards Ceremony. Photo: Phuong Hoa - VNA

The Head of the Central Propaganda Department assessed that the excellent works honored at the Award Ceremony highlighted the image of a dynamic, integrated, resilient Vietnam that overcomes challenges, while affirming the cultural identity and historical traditions of the nation. Emphasizing that the country and people of Vietnam are standing on the threshold of history, in that context, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia clearly stated that foreign information work is identified as an important part of the political, ideological and foreign affairs work of the Party, State diplomacy, and people's diplomacy. This is a regular, long-term task of the entire political system, under the leadership of the Party. In order to meet and successfully complete the tasks of foreign information work in the coming time, the Head of the Central Propaganda Department suggested that foreign information work needs to continue to go ahead and pave the way, creating the foundation and favorable conditions to help our country firmly enter a new era, an era of the Vietnamese people's rise; It is necessary to closely follow the country's development goals, closely linked to the major strategies of the Party and State with the motto of being proactive, synchronous, timely, creative, effective, and at the same time quickly grasping new media trends. Building foreign information products not only accurately reflects reality but also has the nature of forecasting and orientation, ensuring the good performance of its role and mission, contributing to promoting relations with neighboring countries, major countries, strategic partners, comprehensive partners, traditional friends and other important partners in depth, substance, constantly uniting, deepening the affection between the Communist Party of Vietnam and political parties; contributing to consolidating a stable and peaceful foreign situation and creating the most favorable conditions for the country's development.

Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia with leaders and award-winning authors and author groups of Vietnam News Agency. Photo: Phuong Hoa - VNA

Foreign information work needs to promote innovation, encourage initiatives in propaganda and promotion of Vietnam, effectively exploit the achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Foreign information needs to continue to affirm the historical mission of cultural traditions, the noble ideological values ​​of the Vietnamese people; bring national soft power to new heights by positioning the position of Vietnam as an autonomous, confident, self-reliant, self-reliant, proud nation with humanity, building an increasingly better world, taking people's lives as the center, taking the nation's overall strength as the basis to write the story of Vietnam in the new era, the new era. Along with that, pay attention to building and nurturing a foreign information force with strong political will, high professional qualifications, professional working style, and sharp awareness. This force must be truly improved in quality, equal to the task, in which the leading role is played by Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, the team of domestic and foreign journalists, at the same time mobilizing and gathering a large number of people and international friends to participate, creating a national position and international solidarity in foreign information work. In particular, Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia hopes and places his trust in young people with intelligence, creativity, enthusiasm as weapons, along with love for the homeland, country, and national pride as provisions, to contribute more positively to foreign information work.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son with leaders and award-winning authors and author groups of Vietnam News Agency. Photo: Phuong Hoa - VNA

Looking back on the 10-year journey of formation and development of the National Award for Foreign Information, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia affirmed that the Award has gained prestige, position, and status and has gone beyond the territory of Vietnam with an increasing number of foreign authors and works; believing that the Award will continue to have new developments, serving increasingly effectively the work of foreign information, creating a solid foundation to step into a new era with the whole country. The Organizing Committee of the 10th National Award for Foreign Information has received 1,289 entries. The categories of printed newspapers, electronic newspapers, Vietnamese and foreign language electronic information pages, and television still lead in the number of entries to this year's Award. The themes of this year's entries continue to cover all important political, foreign affairs, cultural events, etc., and the country's achievements in all fields; information on the Party and State's guidelines, policies, especially current development priorities such as science and technology, digital transformation, green economy, etc.; introducing and promoting the beauty of the country, people, and cultural values ​​of Vietnam. The forms of expression are diverse and modern, actively using new media (for products/works in the video clip category). The works/products of foreigners demonstrate a deep, positive, multi-faceted vision of Vietnam's foreign affairs activities, of Vietnam's relations with countries in the region and the world, of the attractiveness of Vietnam as an interesting destination, of Vietnam's history and long-standing culture. Notably, in addition to the popular languages ​​participating in the award in previous years, this year new languages ​​appeared such as Arabic, Italian, Sinhala, etc. Based on the award rules, the Award Council selected 109 best works/products to award. Of which, there were 10 first prizes, 20 second prizes, 30 third prizes, and 49 consolation prizes. *Participating in the 10th National Award for Foreign Information, Vietnam News Agency won 2 first prizes, 4 second prizes, 5 third prizes, and 6 consolation prizes. Thereby, affirming the leading position of VNA in its role as a key foreign press agency./.

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