Awarding ceremony of the 'Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An 2024' Journalism Award

On the morning of January 18, in Vinh city, the Organizing Committee of the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An 2024" Press Award held an award ceremony and launched a response to participate in the National Press Award on Party building and the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An 2025" Press Award.

Attending the award ceremony were comrades: Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Phan Duc Dong - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of Vinh City Party Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Executive Committee: Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Thi Hong Hoa - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Journalist Tran Minh Ngoc - Chairman of Nghe An Journalists Association, Director of the Provincial Radio and Television Station.

Also attending were representatives of leaders of provincial departments, agencies, leaders of press agencies and journalists at the local and central levels located in Nghe An province.

Responding to the 2024 Press Writing Contest on the theme of Party building called "Golden Hammer and Sickle" launched by the Central Committee, under the direction of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Steering Committee of the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An" Press Award, the Provincial Journalists Association coordinated with the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Department of Information and Communications to issue an official dispatch to launch and develop the award rules, receiving positive responses from a large number of reporters, members, and press agencies operating in the province.

At the same time, organize 2 delegations of journalists to go to localities and units in the province to learn, meet and exchange with models, typical examples, and good practices to develop works to participate in the award.

According to the Organizing Committee's assessment, the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An 2024" Press Award has received the response and participation of the entire political system. The organization work was carried out closely and methodically; propaganda work was promoted, mobilizing many forces to participate; the judging work was guaranteed to be independent, objective, impartial and transparent. The quality of press works participating in the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An 2024" Press Award is quite even and harmonious in all categories.

Some units and individuals actively participated in the tournament such as: Nghe An Newspaper, Nghe An Radio and Television Station, Nhan Dan Newspaper, Song Lam Magazine; Military Zone 4 Newspaper, Dan Tri Electronic Newspaper, Culture - Sports & Communication Centers of Tuong Duong and Quy Hop districts and Propaganda Departments of Tan Ky, Hoang Mai, Quynh Luu, Cua Lo (old), Do Luong, Thanh Chuong, Provincial Border Guard, Provincial Police, Nghe An University of Economics.

In particular, this year recorded a number of works exploiting topical topics, such as: Results of successful implementation of the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025; 500 kV Line 3 Project; Evaluation of administrative reform results; Digital transformation.... In general, the number of works participating in the award is mainly in the "construction" mainstream.

Some works demonstrate the meticulousness in researching, thinking to discover topics, and creativity in expression; some works mention many good ways of doing things, experiences, roles, and responsibilities of leaders in implementing and concretizing the goals of the Party's resolutions into life, ways of expressing the essence of Party building, closely following the key points in information and propaganda work on Party building, rectification, and consolidation of the political system in 2024, contributing to political and ideological orientation in the Provincial Party Committee.

Speaking at the ceremony, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee congratulated the success of the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An 2024" Journalism Award and congratulated the authors and collectives that participated and won the award this year.

At the same time, the contributions of many reporters, editors, and leaders of press agencies - those who directly and indirectly contribute to the "front" of information and propaganda; the creative work, dedication, and dedication to daily life to create works of the Golden Hammer and Sickle that impact the public and create strong social effects, demonstrating love for the Party, for the nation, and responsibility for the homeland and country.

In the coming time, in order for the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award to further promote its influence, comrade Le Hong Vinh suggested that the Steering Committee and the Organizing Committee continue to promote propaganda, research, innovation, creativity, and organize the award in a methodical and professional manner, so that the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award will become more and more attractive in journalism activities and increasingly spread its strong vitality, positive influence, affirming its prestige and stature.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also hopes that in 2025, journalists and reporters will continue to actively research, discover and create many correct and accurate topics, expressing their affection for the Party, the People and the homeland through specific and practical actions, through high-quality press works building the Party, so that the Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award - Nghe An will become stronger along with the development of the province. Journalists and reporters are not only soldiers on the media front but also those who inspire, encourage and develop a reading culture for the people, especially students in the province during the digital transformation period.

Comrade Le Hong Vinh suggested that Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front, and organizations at all levels continue to closely coordinate, support, and create the best conditions for press agencies and journalists to devote themselves to propaganda work on Party building and building an increasingly better political system.

At the ceremony, comrade Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee launched the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An 2025" Journalism Award.

This year's Nghe An Province Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award has 122 entries in 5 categories: television, radio, print, electronic, and photojournalism.

The Organizing Committee selected 42 best works to honor and award prizes, including 4 First prizes, 8 Second prizes, 13 Third prizes, 17 Encouragement prizes and 4 Outstanding Thematic works on the topic of Party building.

The Steering Committee of the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award has decided to reward 4 collectives and 2 individuals with outstanding achievements in directing the implementation of the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award in 2024.

4 collectives were awarded: Nghe An Newspaper; Nghe An Radio and Television Station; Propaganda Department of Do Luong District Party Committee; Culture - Sports and Communication Center of Quy Hop District.

2 individuals were awarded: Ms. Ho Thi Ngan - Permanent Vice President of Nghe An Journalists Association; Mr. Nguyen Dinh Sam, Head of Nghe An Newspaper Secretariat.