Nghe An rewards group of authors who won the Journalism Award 'For the cause of great national unity'
On the morning of November 19, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee held a meeting and awarded the authors and groups of authors who won the 16th "For the cause of great national unity" Journalism Award, 2023-2024.
Comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee chaired the meeting.
Attending the meeting were comrades Pham Ngoc Canh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Phan Dinh Dat - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department; Ho Thi Ngan - Permanent Vice President of the Provincial Journalists Association; Tran Van Hung - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper; Tran Thi Thanh Huyen - Deputy Director of Nghe An Radio and Television Station. Comrades in the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and authors whose works won the 16th "For the cause of great national unity" Journalism Award, 2023-2024.

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee sincerely thanked the press agencies and journalists for always paying attention and accompanying, closely following the practical life, especially the activities of the Fatherland Front and the staff working for the Front at all levels.
Thereby, strengthening propaganda, contributing to consolidating, promoting and spreading the spirit of great national unity, creating motivation for the Fatherland Front system and cadres working on the Front in the whole country in general, Nghe An province in particular to continue their efforts.

The Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee emphasized: Great national unity is a precious tradition of the nation, the source of strength that helps our country achieve one victory after another throughout the current journey of building, defending and developing the country.
In the context of the country's increasingly deep integration with the world, there are many intertwined opportunities and challenges; information and propaganda work, especially propaganda on Party building, the political system and activities of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, are not easy topics, requiring effort, in-depth research, and close adherence to reality to produce quality journalistic works.

The Press Award "For the Cause of Great National Unity" is a gathering place for press works that truthfully and vividly reflect stories and events about the spirit of solidarity and cohesion in the community and nation.
The works of press agencies, groups of authors, and authors in Nghe An province that won awards this year are a very small number out of the total number of 2,135 entries. These are works that are considered impressive and outstanding for their valuable discoveries and ideas, conveying highly constructive messages to society and the community, contributing to encouraging and promoting the strength of solidarity and creativity among the people, for the common goal of building and firmly consolidating the great national unity bloc.

On the other hand, the works also clearly show the unique identity of Nghe An people, the activities of the Fatherland Front at all levels in Nghe An, which are meaningful to the people and the Front's staff in the province; are special gifts that press agencies, groups of authors, and authors send to the Front's staff at all levels in the province on the occasion of the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam National United Front (November 18, 1930 - November 18, 2024).

Comrade Vo Thi Minh Sinh also expressed her hope that press agencies and journalists will continue to be passionate, enthusiastic, concerned, creative, and cultivate “sharp pens and pure hearts” to produce many press works that carry the “breath” of life; contribute to sharing and spreading humane and good values in life; and be worthy of being press agencies and journalists in the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh.
On the side of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, we will always accompany and support press agencies and journalists in their work to have excellent press works; contribute to consolidating and spreading the spirit of great solidarity and sharing in the community, together building the homeland of Nghe An to develop.

At the meeting, leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Department, the Provincial Journalists Association, leaders of press agencies and representatives of award-winning author groups expressed their sincere thanks for the attention of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee for organizing the meeting and praising the author groups and authors who won the Press Award "For the cause of great national unity".
At the same time, we share and send many wishes to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee in coordinating with relevant agencies to study the methods and forms of organizing a provincial-level press award on "Great National Unity" to continue to create interest and motivation for press agencies and journalists to invest more deeply and creatively and have more quality press works.

On this occasion, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 15 individuals whose works participated in and won prizes at the 17th "For the cause of great national unity" Press Award.

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The "For the cause of great national unity" press award has been held 16 times and the 16th award was launched in 2023 - 2024 with a total of 2,135 valid entries received by the Organizing Committee in 5 categories: print, electronic, radio, television and press photos, from more than 100 press agencies at the central and local levels.
With the spirit of impartiality and objectivity, the Preliminary Council selected 110 works in 5 types of journalism to be included in the Final Round for the Final Council to evaluate and rank; of which 90 best works were selected for awards. Including 5 A prizes; 14 B prizes; 29 C prizes; 42 Encouragement prizes.
Nghe An Newspaper has 2 award-winning works, including the work "Gathering and building a great solidarity bloc in the 4.0 era" by the group of authors: Duc Chuyen, Thanh Duy, Mai Hoa, Huu Quan, winning the B prize and the work "Reconciliation at the grassroots level: Timely, from the root, big things become small" by the group of authors: Chu Thi Khanh Ly, Ho Minh Quynh An winning the C prize.
Nghe An Radio and Television Station has 1 work: "The role of the grassroots front in uniting ethnic communities in Nghe An" by the group of authors: Trinh Vien, Thach Son, Manh Thuan, Thuy Linh, Ngoc Son, won the C prize. Military Region IV Newspaper has 1 work that won the Encouragement prize: "Promoting "on-the-spot" in the struggle to protect the Party's ideological foundation".