Nghe An Newspaper won the B prize for the best Tet newspaper cover at the National Newspaper Festival

(Baonghean.vn) - The 2017 National Press Festival with the theme "Vietnamese press accompanies the country's innovation" just closed on the morning of March 19 after 3 days of opening with many exciting activities.

The National Press Festival, held for the second year, attracted the participation of 470 press units and agencies nationwide. It was a unique cultural and professional gathering of journalists nationwide.

Delegates read Nghe An Newspaper's Tet Dinh Dau issue at the National Newspaper Festival. Photo: PV.

This year's press conference, in addition to the Panorama Press Area, has 25 Central press groups and 12 local press clusters, displaying 437 types of publications (nearly 5,800 newspapers and magazines), nearly 100 special Tet television programs, beautiful electronic newspaper interfaces and more than 250 reports on environmental topics in 2016.

The press conference also displayed images of journalism training, some modern press products and technical equipment, and organized practical professional activities with political, social, and professional significance for members of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

The 2017 National Press Festival presented awards to honor outstanding publications and press works across the country. Nghe An Newspaper was the outstanding unit that won the B prize for the most beautiful Tet newspaper cover of the 2017 National Press Festival.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Nguyen Thien Nhan highly appreciated the scientific and creative arrangement of the display areas of this year's national press festival, bringing high efficiency in honoring and praising the press force of the whole country, helping readers easily access each publication.

The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front also requested that press agencies nationwide continue to pay attention to and create conditions for reporters and editors to actively participate in writing about the topic of preventing and combating corruption and waste in the spirit of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII).

“Press agencies and journalists who participate in discovering and reflecting truthfully, objectively, and constructively on negative phenomena, corruption, and waste will not be alone but will always be supported, encouraged, and protected by the Party, the State, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front with political and legal responsibility,” he affirmed.

Nghe An Newspaper is an excellent unit awarded the B prize for the most beautiful Tet Newspaper Cover at the 2017 National Newspaper Festival. Photo: PV

Recalling President Ho Chi Minh's teaching "Your pen is also a sharp weapon in the cause of upholding justice and eliminating evil", the head of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front emphasized that degradation, corruption and waste are challenging the fate of the nation, and at the same time called on the press to join the entire Party and people in acting for the future of the country and of every Vietnamese family./.

PV