Nghe An Province meets the press on the occasion of the 98th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day and presents the 2022 Press Award

Attending the program were comrades Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; and comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Pham Trong Hoang - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee.

Also attending were comrades: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of Military Region 4, departments, branches, localities and journalists in the province.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, on behalf of the provincial leaders, sent to press agencies, journalists and reporters in the province his best regards and best wishes on the occasion of the 98th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

Providing an overview of the province's socio-economic development results in recent times, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that, in addition to the efforts of the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province, to achieve the above results, there are very important and meaningful contributions from the team of journalists, press agencies, journalists and reporters working in Nghe An province.

Like the press team in the whole country, the press team of Nghe An province in the past time has made positive contributions to the implementation of propaganda tasks in accordance with the principles and purposes; creating political stability in the area, creating consensus in the Party, in the government, among the people and gaining the trust of the people.

Nghe An press has focused on promoting the tasks, policies on economic development, and major events held in the province. In particular, press agencies have promoted the image of Nghe An land, people and homeland throughout the country.

Nghe An press has also argued and refuted false information, orienting information positively. Along with that, many existing problems have been pointed out, so that Party committees and authorities at all levels can improve the quality of management work. The team of journalists and reporters working in the province have actively rushed forward, not afraid of difficulties, hardships, ready to go to difficult places to carry out their tasks, taking the lead in social security work.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized that in the coming time, Nghe An province will continue to strongly, synchronously, comprehensively and drastically implement tasks and solutions to achieve the goals and targets of socio-economic development of the province.

At the end of May 2023, the Politburo held a conference to review 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 and agreed to issue a new Resolution on building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045. This is an extremely important Resolution, creating a premise for Nghe An province to develop more strongly and sustainably in the coming time, worthy of being the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh.

To achieve that goal, the head of the Provincial People's Committee hopes that press agencies, journalists and reporters will continue to accompany and stick with the province in the spirit of the highest responsibility and the best sense of construction so that Nghe An can truly develop, as desired by the Central Government and President Ho Chi Minh. Party committees, authorities and departments, branches and localities will accompany, stick with, share and join hands with press agencies, journalists and reporters for the development goal of the province.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Nguyen Duc Trung sincerely thanked the press agencies and journalists for their contributions to the development of the province in the past time. At the same time, he hoped to continue to receive the support of press agencies and journalists in the future.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Tran Minh Ngoc - Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association, Director of the Provincial Radio and Television Station emphasized that over the past 98 years, the Vietnam Revolutionary Press has overcome many difficulties and challenges and has continuously grown. In that flow, Nghe An Press has always affirmed its important role and pioneering steps.

Journalists in Nghe An today continue to uphold the tradition of previous generations, regardless of difficulties, hardships, and dangers, penetrating reality, promptly reporting on hot events, pressing issues, natural disasters, storms and floods, fighting against corruption and negative behaviors; discovering and praising new models and factors. In particular, many reporters have ventured into hot spots, into the heart of the flood, to bring valuable information to the public.

Through the Central and local press awards, it shows that the quality of Nghe An journalism is increasingly improved, keeping up with the trend of modern journalism, with many works winning high prizes from the Central, ministries and branches. On this occasion, Nghe An was honored to have 2 press works winning the National Prize (Radio and Television Station won the B Prize, Nghe An Newspaper won the C Prize) and 2 works entered the final round; Nghe An Newspaper won the B Prize of Dien Hong Award.

Emphasizing the shortcomings and limitations in press activities in the province, the Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association said that in the coming time, press agencies must always cultivate political qualities, cultivate professional ethics, improve their skills and expertise, and maintain their core values. Revolutionary press must be a sharp tool on the cultural and ideological front of the Party, journalists must have a bright mind, pure heart, sharp pen, serving the Fatherland and serving the people.

"The team of journalists in Nghe An today vows to continue to unite, be creative, and determined to overcome difficulties and challenges, contributing to the successful implementation of socio-economic goals, ensuring national defense and security of the province, and contributing to building a professional, modern, and humane Vietnamese revolutionary press," emphasized Chairman of the Provincial Journalists Association Tran Minh Ngoc.

On this occasion, the President of the Vietnam Journalists Association decided to award the "For the cause of journalism" Medal to the following comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Le Hong Vinh - Permanent Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province; Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board; Le Quoc Khanh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Board; Tran Quoc Khanh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and 4 members of the Nghe An Journalists Association.

The Vietnam Journalists Association also decided to award a Certificate of Merit to journalist Tran Minh Ngoc - Chairman of the Nghe An Journalists Association for his outstanding contributions to journalism.

In a joyful and solemn atmosphere, on the occasion of the 98th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council and People's Committee of Nghe An province respectfully presented flowers to congratulate 88 central and local press agencies residing in the area and agencies advising on press management work.

Also at the ceremony, Nghe An province organized the Nghe An Press Awards 2022. With 138 entries in 4 categories: print, electronic, visual, and audio, the Jury selected 29 outstanding entries to award prizes, including 3 First Prize winners, 4 Second Prize winners, 9 Third Prize winners, and 13 Encouragement Prize winners.

Nghe An Newspaper was honored to have 1 work winning the First Prize, including the series of articles: "Preventing and combating corruption: Stopping from the root, detecting early, handling from the beginning" by the group of authors: Khanh Ly and Hoai Thu; 2 works winning the Second Prize, including the series of articles: "Living miserably in the mineral area" by author Tien Hung and the work: "The Mong people innovate" by author Cong Kien; 2 works winning the Third Prize, including the series of articles: "Fighting against tax loss" by the group of authors: Chau Lan, Nguyen Hai, Van Truong and the work: "Floods and the issues raised" by the group of authors: Hoai Thu, Xuan Hoang, Tien Dong, Quang An and 2 works winning the Encouragement Prize, including: "Big question mark about the land for the Nghi An orange garden project" by author Nhat Lan; "Don't be surprised, passive" by author Thanh Cuong.