Awarding ceremony of the 2022 Nghe An Province 'Golden Hammer and Sickle' Press Award

On the morning of January 12, in Vinh City, within the framework of the opening program of the Quy Mao Spring Newspaper Festival 2023, the Organizing Committee of the Nghe An Province "Golden Hammer and Sickle" Press Award 2022 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" award 2023.

Panorama of the opening ceremony of Nghe An Spring Newspaper Festival in the year of Quy Mao 2023 and the awarding ceremony of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Comrades: Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council presented awards to the authors and groups of authors who won the First Prize of the Nghe An Province Golden Hammer and Sickle Journalism Award 2022. Photo: Pham Bang

In 2022, in response to the 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" Press Award of Nghe An province, the Provincial Journalists Association coordinated with the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department to issue an official dispatch to launch and develop the Award's rules, receiving positive response from a large number of reporters, members, and press agencies operating in the area.

Participating in the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award 2022, in addition to the 3 press agencies of the province, there are also resident press agencies, 21 Cultural, Sports and Communication Centers of districts, cities and towns, units: Nghe An Provincial Police, Vinh City Police, Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Department, Provincial Border Guard...

Comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Steering Committee of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Journalism Award of Nghe An province; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Steering Committee of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Journalism Award of Nghe An province presented awards to the authors and groups of authors who won the Second Prize of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Journalism Award of Nghe An province in 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Out of thousands of published and broadcast works, press agencies and authors selected and sent to the organizing committee 98 works in 5 types of journalism: print, electronic, radio and television, and photojournalism.

In general, the works have comprehensively, vividly and multi-dimensionally reflected the work of Party building, political system building, and successful implementation of policies and resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels in Nghe An in 2022.

Comrades: Le Duc Cuong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council presented awards to the authors and groups of authors who won the Third Prize of the Nghe An Province Golden Hammer and Sickle Journalism Award 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Many works have the purpose of discovering and praising good deeds, typical and advanced cadres and party members to spread, encourage and motivate the movement; at the same time, reflecting existing problems and shortcomings, fighting against negative behaviors, corruption and waste, contributing to the cause of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in the province.

The provincial Golden Hammer and Sickle Award jury, in the spirit of democracy, responsibility, honesty and objectivity, unanimously selected the 40 best works to honor and award. This is the recognition and praise for the sense of responsibility and passion for journalism of the authors and groups of authors, who have made every effort to produce excellent works on a topic considered broad, dry and difficult, but also very rich and vivid as the topic of Party building.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Steering Committee of the Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award of Nghe An province awarded prizes to 4 collectives and 1 individual with outstanding achievements in organizing, participating in and responding to the Golden Hammer and Sickle Award - Nghe An in 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

From 98 entries, the Judging Council unanimously selected 40 outstanding entries for awards, including 4 First prizes, 8 Second prizes, 12 Third prizes and 16 Consolation prizes for all types of journalism.

The Steering Committee of the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award has decided to reward 4 collectives and 1 individual with outstanding achievements in organizing, participating in and responding to the 2022 Golden Hammer and Sickle Award - Nghe An, including: Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Nghe An Newspaper; Nghe An Radio and Television Station; Tuong Duong District Culture, Sports and Information Center and Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhu Bien - office staff of Nghe An Journalists Association.

Comrades: Pham Ngoc Canh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee of the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award; Le Quoc Khanh - Deputy Head of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee's Organizing Committee, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee of the "Golden Hammer and Sickle - Nghe An" Press Award presented awards to the elderly authors participating in the Award and honored the typical characters in the work. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The Steering Committee of the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Press Award awarded the prize to the elderly author with outstanding work, Mr. Tran Van Hien (74 years old) - a collaborator of the Journalist Magazine and honored the typical character, Mr. Le Hong Thai - Secretary of the Party Committee of Tam Hop Commune, Tuong Duong District - a character in the television work "Secretary for the People".

Comrades: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee presented awards to the authors who won the excellent thematic award of the Nghe An Golden Hammer and Sickle Journalism Award 2022. Photo: Thanh Cuong

This year, the Steering Committee of the 2022 Nghe An Province Golden Hammer and Sickle Award has decided to reward authors and groups of authors with outstanding topics on Party building, including: Organizing the implementation of the Party Congress Resolution: work "Removing bottlenecks in disbursement of public investment capital" (group of authors Huong Giang - The Toan - Ngoc Son - Le Long - Nghe An Radio and Television Station); Innovating and improving the quality of political and ideological education work: work "Nurturing red seeds" (author Thai Hoang Duong - Deputy Director of the Center for Culture, Information and Communication of Yen Thanh District); Protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against peaceful evolution: work "Be alert to speculations about 19 things Party members must not do" (author Ha Nguyen Binh Minh, Nghe An Provincial Police); Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style: work: "Businesswoman Thai Huong and the aspiration to bring Vietnam back to the world medicinal map" (author Chau Lan, Nghe An Newspaper).