Award Ceremony of the 12th "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest and Video Clip of Nghe An Newspaper

On the afternoon of November 10, the Organizing Committee awarded prizes to the authors whose works won the 12th "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest and Nghe An Newspaper Video Clip Contest - 2023.

Attending the ceremony were Mr. Bui Thanh An - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Viet Hung - Director of the Department of Home Affairs; representatives of leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors.

On the side of Nghe An Newspaper's leaders, there were comrades: Ngo Duc Kien - Party Secretary, Editor-in-Chief; Deputy Editors-in-Chief: Tran Van Hung, Tran Huu Nghia, Nguyen Thi Thu Huong. Also attending were former leaders of Nghe An Newspaper and many generations of reporters, editors, staff, and collaborators of the editorial office through the periods.

In response to the need to improve the quality of photos in the Newspaper's publications, the Party Committee and Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper launched and organized the "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest of Nghe An Newspaper, aiming to create a playground for reporters and professional and non-professional photographers nationwide.

The “Golden Moment” Press Photo Contest and Nghe An Newspaper Video Clip Contest have become an annual traditional award, with the aim of improving the quality of images on Nghe An Newspaper publications. This is a practical activity to celebrate the anniversary of Nghe An Newspaper’s founding every year and is considered a useful professional activity for journalists, collaborators, professional and amateur photographers.

The "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest of Nghe An Newspaper has gone through 12 seasons, has had a strong influence, attracting a large number of press photo and video clip lovers inside and outside the province to participate.

Many works after winning the "Golden Moment" award of Nghe An Newspaper continued to compete and won high prizes in central and regional journalism competitions.

The award-winning works have recorded the most beautiful and impressive moments of all activities in the lives of people and their homeland of Nghe An; contributed to improving the quality of images on press publications and digital media products of Nghe An Newspaper; helped Nghe An Newspaper perform well its task of propagating the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws; and well oriented public opinion in the province.

The 12th “Golden Moment” Photojournalism and Video Clip Contest attracted 74 authors with 1,168 entries. The Organizing Committee and the Jury were serious, methodical, professional, objective and impartial, carried out thorough evaluation, organized the scoring and awarded prizes to quality photojournalism and video clips. After 2 rounds of scoring, the Jury selected 11 photo works and 9 video clips to award prizes.

First prize in the press photo category was awarded to the group of authors Tu Thanh - Thanh Chung with the photo report: Nghe An successfully performed an organ transplant from a brain-dead donor.

First Prize in the Video clip category belongs to the group of authors Huy Nham - Le Thang - Phan Giang - Le Thanh with the work: Suicide… on the Nam Ton River.

Second Prize was awarded to author Nguyen Duy Son with the work: Fire prevention, firefighting and rescue drill (Firefighting and rescue drill at Ben Thuy Petroleum Port). Author Sach Nguyen with the work: Dawn on the fishing port.

Second prize in the Video clip category was awarded to the group of authors Dang Cuong - Dinh Tuyen - Dao Tuan with the work: Putting up no parking signs: Many Vinh city residents set their own rules; Group of authors Nhat Lan - Thanh Cuong with the work: Finding the cause of the North Canal changing color.

Third Prize in Press Photography was awarded to author Nhat Thanh with the work: Sacred flag of the Fatherland in the frontier; author Vo Thanh Vinh with the work: Construction and repair of power transmission lines; author Nguyen Xuan Thuy with the work: Heart to heart - Two Japanese athletes coordinated to reach the finish line of the 21km distance of the Marathon Ve mien vi giam in 2023.

Third Prize Video clip was awarded to the group of authors Dinh Tuyen - Diep Thanh - Bui Hanh with the work: Cua Lo in the eyes of a "foreign resident"; the group of authors Thanh Duy - Thanh Cuong - Pham Bang with the work: The grand view of the expressway through Nghe An that was just inaugurated with an investment capital of nearly 7.3 trillion VND; the group of authors Ngan Hanh - Lam Tung with the work: Forever echoing the epic song of Truong Bon.

The Encouragement Prize for press photography was awarded to the group of authors Nhat Lan - Thanh Cuong with the work: Entering the "navel" of wastewater to find the cause of the North Canal becoming the "To Lich River"; author Nguyen Dao with the work: Unique Phuc Luc Ngoat Festival; group of authors Dinh Tuyen - Thu Huong with the work: After the flood, the life of Quy Chau students in the boarding house is still chaotic; author Chu Trong Tuan with the work: Some images of traditional manual labor of Nghe An women; author Nguyen Phi Hung with the work: Road to glory - Nghe An track and field athletes actively practice to prepare for the Phu Dong Sports Festival.

The Video Clip award was given to the author group Ngan Hanh - Dinh Tuyen - Thanh Cuong with the work: More than 4,000 marathon athletes excitedly conquered the most beautiful route in Vinh city; author Nguyen Ke Kien with the work: Running from the flood; author group Ngan Hanh - Lam Tung with the work: Why do Nghe An's OCOP products encounter difficulties when participating in the retail system?

At the ceremony, the Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper launched the 13th "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest and Nghe An Newspaper Video Clip Contest starting today (November 10, 2023) and officially closing at 5:00 p.m. on October 20, 2024.