Nghe An Newspaper won 2 national journalism awards on agriculture, farmers, and rural areas of Vietnam in 2023
(Baonghean.vn) - On the evening of December 10, the 2023 National Press Awards Ceremony on Agriculture, Farmers, and Rural Areas of Vietnam was held for the first time at the Opera House, Hanoi. Nghe An Newspaper was honored to have 2 winning works out of a total of 26 awarded works.
Attending the ceremony were comrades: Bui Thi Minh Hoai - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Commission; Luong Quoc Doan - Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Farmers' Union; Ha Thi Nga - Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women's Union; Nguyen Dinh Khang - President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; representatives of ministries, departments, branches, individuals and related units.
The 2023 National Press Award on Agriculture, Farmers, and Rural Areas in Vietnam is chaired by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union, in coordination with the Central Propaganda Department, the Vietnam Journalists' Association, and assigned to Nong Thon Ngay Nay Newspaper, Dan Viet Electronic Newspaper, and the Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank).
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers' Union Luong Quoc Doan affirmed that the National Press Award on Agriculture, Farmers and Rural Areas is an important activity of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union to celebrate the 8th Congress of the Vietnam Farmers' Union for the 2023-2028 term. This is also a specific activity to effectively implement Resolution No. 19-NQ/TW on Agriculture, Farmers and Rural Areas. Thereby, creating a spread and consensus to the whole society on the policies and guidelines of the Party and State.
The biggest difference of the National Press Award on Agriculture, Farmers and Rural Areas is that this is the first time the award has been organized, covering all three fields: Agriculture, Farmers and Rural Areas, and is the first national press award for journalists in the field of agriculture.
According to the evaluation of the Jury, who are agricultural experts and prestigious journalists in the field of agriculture, the works participating in the award are rich in quantity, diverse in genre, and creative in presentation style. The articles and works span many genres, from political commentary, reflection, reportage to criticism, published in print and electronic newspapers. Among them, the topics of green agriculture, ecological agriculture, circular economy, collective economy, new rural construction, outstanding Vietnamese farmers, etc. are the ones that journalists and authors focus on the most.
According to statistics, after just over 7 months of launching the contest, there were 2,769 works, of which 1,521 were sent to be published on the Today Rural Newspaper/Dan Viet electronic newspaper and 1,248 works were sent by more than 100 press agencies. Among them, many units sent a large number of works to participate such as: Nhan Dan Newspaper with 20 series of articles, VOV with nearly 10 series of articles, works; Nghe An Newspaper, Ha Tinh Newspaper, Thanh Nien, Tuoi Tre...
The entries are highly practical, inspired by current life, and reveal typical factors and examples of outstanding Vietnamese farmers. Some articles are imbued with humanity about the resilience of farmers in the new era. Many articles demonstrate high theoretical and in-depth content to solve current agricultural, farmer and rural issues.
From more than 2,700 entries, the Organizing Committee selected 150 best entries for the preliminary round; and from there selected 55 entries, the best entries for the final round. Of these, 26 entries were awarded with a total amount of up to 320 million VND.
At the award ceremony, many experts and scientists in the agricultural field exchanged and discussed the advantages of propaganda work, discovering ongoing issues in the life of agriculture, farmers and rural areas in Vietnam.
The Organizing Committee awarded 1 First Prize, 2 Second Prizes, 3 Third Prizes, 10 Encouragement Prizes and 10 Topic Prizes. Nghe An Newspaper had 2 works winning Encouragement Prizes. They were the topic "Land accumulation, creating a sustainable stepping stone for agricultural restructuring" by the group of authors Thu Huyen, Hoai Thu, Xuan Hoang, Thanh Phuc and the topic "Creating a sustainable poverty reduction livelihood model: Right target, focused investment" by the group of authors Khanh Ly, Thanh Nga.
On this occasion, the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Farmers' Union also awarded Certificates of Merit from the Central Committee of the Union to the co-organizers of the 2023 national press award on agriculture, farmers, and rural areas of Vietnam, including Nong Thon Ngay Nay Newspaper and the Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam.
The 2024 journalism contest on agriculture, farmers, and rural areas in Vietnam was also launched by the Organizing Committee right after the Award Ceremony with the plan to add more journalism genres to the contest, including radio and television.
