Awarding ceremony of the 2018 Nghe An Province "Golden Hammer and Sickle" Press Award

Attending the event were journalist Dr. Tran Ba ​​Dung - Member of the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Head of the Professional Department of the Vietnam Journalists Association.

Leaders of Nghe An province include comrades: Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Ho Phuc Hop - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee, representatives of relevant departments, branches and sectors, along with a large number of journalists and reporters of 64 press agencies, residents and representatives of central and sectoral newspapers in Nghe An as well as audiences, listeners and readers in the whole province attended the 2019 Spring Press Festival.

Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Xuan Son and Bui Dinh Long - Secretary of the Nam Dan District Party Committee awarded 4 outstanding collectives including: Provincial Party Committee Organizing Committee, Nghe An Newspaper, Nghe An Radio and Television Station and Nghe An Journalists Association. Photo: Thanh Cuong

This year's Nghe An Province Party Building Journalism Award received over 61 entries (including 17 print publications, 11 online publications, 18 television publications, and 15 radio publications).

According to the competition's Steering Committee, this year's competition has more press agencies and journalists participating than ever before.(24 press agencies of Nghe An, Central and local agencies participating, with over 80 authors and groups of authors). The works participating in this year's award are of better quality than in 2017. Most of the participating press works have in-depth content on Party building work, widely reflecting the whole province and diverse types of grassroots Party organizations.

Many works reflect the results of implementing resolutions, conclusions, regulations and directives of the Party Central Committee in localities and regions with sharp and realistic pens. The works participating in the competition are diverse in genre, rich in themes, and closely follow current issues, vividly reflecting the practical work of Party building in Nghe An province.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son speaks at the award ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Through works written about Party building work, not only does it bring about propaganda effects, promoting new models, creative and effective ways of doing things, but it is also an important information channel serving the leadership and direction of Party committees at all levels.

At the same time, the works have not only contributed positively to the fight against false, distorted and destructive arguments against the Party, the State and our regime; protected the Party's ideological foundation, and strengthened the trust of cadres, Party members and people in the Party. Thereby, affirming the Party's leadership role in social life.

At the end of the contest, 35 works were entered into the final round and 21 works were awarded prizes. The results included: 03 Second Prizes, 08 Third Prizes, 10 Encouragement Prizes. In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded prizes to 4 groups with outstanding achievements in the contest.

Awarding prizes to the third prize winners. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Organizing Committee awarded the Encouragement Prize to the authors. Photo: Thanh Cuong.

At this year's contest, Nghe An Newspaper has 6 awards, including 3 Third prizes and 3 Encouragement prizes for authors Ngo Kien, Dao Tuan, Khanh Ly, My Nga, Nhat Lan, Nguyen Van Thanh, Hoai Thu, Pham Bang.

Previously, the provincial Organizing Committee also selected 28 works to compete for the Central Golden Hammer and Sickle Award; 4 works entered the final round, 02 works won the Encouragement Prize.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee highly appreciated the efforts of the team of reporters and journalists of the province in the past year. He also hoped that in the coming time, the press should encourage emulation movements. At the same time, press agencies and reporters should actively respond to the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award to contribute to Party building, enhance the Party's fighting strength, contribute to the successful implementation of the targets set by the Party Congresses at all levels and journalists are truly shock troops on the ideological front.