Awarding ceremony of the 2024 Nghe An Newspaper Photo Contest and Video Clip

On the afternoon of November 9, the Organizing Committee awarded prizes to outstanding works at the 13th "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest and Nghe An Newspaper Video Clip Contest - 2024.

Attending the ceremony, on the Central side, there were comrades: Le Quoc Minh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, President of the Vietnam Journalists Association; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen The Ky - former Member of the Party Central Committee, former General Director of the Voice of Vietnam Radio Station, Chairman of the Central Council of Literature and Arts Theory, former Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper.

Nghe An provincial leaders attended byComrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Pham Trong Hoang - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee Inspection Committee; comrades of the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee: Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee;Tran Thi My Hanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Provincial Emulation and Reward Department, the Department of Information and Communications, the Provincial Journalists Association, Nghe An Provincial Radio and Television Station, and BIDV Bank, Nghe An Branch.

Also attending the event were comrade Le Thu Hien - Director of Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum; Mr. Duong Trong Thiet - General Director of Vietnam - Laos Economic Cooperation Corporation; Ms. Tran Hong Nga - representative of Eco Park founder; Ms. Vu Thu Hang - Communications Director of Bac A Commercial Joint Stock Bank, communications consultant of TH Group; Mr. Nguyen Van Tao - Director of BNI Thanh Nghe Tinh region; representative of Xieng My commune, Tuong Duong district - the unit sponsored by Nghe An Newspaper; officers and staff of Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum; representatives of press agencies inside and outside the province.

On the side of Nghe An Newspaper, there were comrades: Ngo Duc Kien - Party Secretary, Editor-in-Chief; Tran Van Hung - Deputy Party Secretary, Deputy Editor-in-Chief; Tran Huu Nghia - Deputy Editor-in-Chief and leaders, staff and reporters of Nghe An Newspaper from different periods.

After its launch, the 13th “Golden Moment” Photo and Video Clip Contest attracted 68 authors, with 1,162 photos, photo series, and reports. This year, the contest attracted more entries than in 2023, with 15 new authors, contributing many more quality works.

Behind the photos and video clips sent in, there is a process of hard work, suffering, and tireless labor of the authors. That is what created the success and increasingly elevated position of the contest. Through the fair and careful judging process, the Organizing Committee has selected 11 best photos and 9 video clips to award prizes.

The "Golden Moment" contest of Nghe An Newspaper has become an annual traditional contest, a practical activity to celebrate the anniversary of Nghe An Newspaper's founding and an interesting playground for journalists and collaborators.

After 13 seasons, many works after winning the "Golden Moment" award of Nghe An Newspaper continued to compete and win high prizes in national and regional press competitions. The works recorded the most beautiful and impressive moments of all activities in the lives of people and the homeland of Nghe An; contributed to improving the quality of images in press publications in general, Nghe An Newspaper in particular; helped Nghe An Newspaper perform well the task of propagating the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws; and well oriented public opinion on issues and events taking place in the province.

Speaking at the award ceremony, comrade Tran Van Hung - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nghe An Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee affirmed: "In order for the "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest and Nghe An Newspaper Video Clip to spread more and more, the Organizing Committee hopes that the authors will continue to accompany the contest, roll up their sleeves, closely follow the vivid reality of social life, thereby, creating and composing to have increasingly rich topics and works...".

In the activities towards the 93rd anniversary of Nghe An Newspaper, the Organizing Committee has created a new playground, which is the Marathon Photo quick composition contest with the theme "Green life Eco Central Park 2024". Photographers participated in composing at Eco Central Park Urban Area in Hung Hoa Commune, Vinh City on the morning of November 9. After a fair and careful selection, the Organizing Committee of the Marathon Photo contest awarded 1 First Prize, 2 Second Prizes, 3 Third Prizes, 4 Encouragement Prizes for the best works.

At the ceremony, the Editorial Board of Nghe An Newspaper launched the 14th "Golden Moment" Press Photo Contest and Nghe An Newspaper Video Clip Contest starting today (November 9, 2024) and officially closing at 5:00 p.m., October 20, 2025.

On this occasion, the Emulation and Reward Committee of Nghe An province also announced the Decision to commend and award the Certificate of Merit of the Prime Minister to Mr. Ngo Nhat Lan - Reporter of the Law - Readers Department; Decision to commend and award the Certificate of Merit of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to 11 individuals who won the National Press Award and the National Press Award on Traffic Safety.