The President attends the program "Golden Pages of 70 Years of the People's Police Force"

On the evening of June 19th, an art exchange program titled "Golden Pages of 70 Years of the People's Police" took place at the Au Co Theater in Hanoi.

This is one of the activities aimed at commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Police Force, the 10th anniversary of the National Day for Protecting National Security, and celebrating the 9th Congress of the Vietnam Writers Association, term 2015-2020.

Attending the event were President Truong Tan Sang, General Tran Dai Quang - Minister of Public Security, representatives of the leadership of several central ministries and agencies, the Vietnam Writers Association, as well as writers from within and outside the People's Public Security force and authors who won prizes in the novel, short story and essay writing competition on the theme "For national security and peaceful life" in the period 2012 - 2015.

President Truong Tan Sang presents awards to the authors. (Photo: Nguyen Khang/VNA)

In his opening remarks, Lieutenant General Dang Van Hieu, Permanent Deputy Minister of Public Security, highlighted the immense value that the works in "Golden Pages" have brought in terms of ideological content and artistry; actively contributing to the cause of protecting national security and ensuring peace in people's lives over the past 70 years. He emphasized that this is the first time the Ministry of Public Security has collaborated with the Vietnam Writers Association and Vietnam Television to organize a program to honor Vietnamese writers who have made outstanding contributions on the theme of "For national security and peace in people's lives over the past 70 years."

General Dang Van Hieu said: "With the aim of honoring writers inside and outside the People's Public Security Force for their creative writing and outstanding contributions to the cause of protecting national security, and also to award prizes to the authors who won in the Novel, Short Story, and Memoir Writing Contest on the theme 'For National Security and Peaceful Life (2012 - 2015)', we hope that through this program, the audience will have a more authentic and vivid view of the silent, arduous, fierce, sacrificial, and difficult struggle of the police officers. We hope to receive more golden pages of books from a large number of writers inside and outside the People's Public Security Force."

On this occasion, President Truong Tan Sang and General Tran Dai Quang presented flowers to 18 writers honored at the program for their outstanding contributions to the theme "For national security and peaceful life".

Through news reports and interviews with authors, the program affirmed the creative contributions of literary authors both within and outside the People's Public Security Force to the cause of "For national security and peaceful lives of the people." The Organizing Committee also awarded prizes to the winners of the novel, short story, and essay writing competition on the theme "For national security and peaceful lives" from 2012-2015, jointly organized by the Ministry of Public Security and the Vietnam Writers Association.

After three years of launching the competition and organizing three writing camps, the Organizing Committee received 120 entries from 110 writers and authors both within and outside the People's Public Security Force. The Organizing Committee voted and awarded prizes to 15 works, including: 2 A prizes, 5 B prizes, 5 C prizes, and 3 Consolation prizes.

According to VOV