National Press Awards 2020 honours 112 outstanding works
Winners of the 15th National Press Awards in 2020, the noblest award for journalists in Vietnam, were announced at a ceremony on October 24 night in Hanoi.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (first, right) and standing member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Vo Van Thuong (first, left) present the Special Prize to journalists from Nhan dan Newspaper (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –Winners of the 15th National Press Awards in 2020, the noblest awardfor journalists in Vietnam, were announced at a ceremony on October 24 night inHanoi.
Addressing the event,President Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the great contributions thatjournalists have made to the country, and congratulated the awardedjournalists.
He underlined that thepress is a sharp tool to fight corruption, wastefulness and negative phenomenaas well as the degradation in morality and lifestyle, and at the same time provide the public withtimely information and directions from the Party and State, thus contributingto creating social consensus, and promoting joint efforts in dealing withdifficulties and challenges facing the country in the development path as wellas the protection of national independence, sovereignty and sacred territorialintegrity, and enhancing the position of Vietnam in the world arena.
Journalists from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) bagged four awards in three categories of photo, e-newspaper and printed newspaper. (Photo: VNA)
At the same time, thepress has proactively rejected distorted and wrongful information against theParty, State and the national construction and defence cause of Vietnamesepeople, he stated.
The State leader stressed that theParty and State always want and require journalists to maintain theirpolitical mettle and constantly improve professional capacity and ethics.
This year, 112 outstandingworks were honoured, with one Special Prize, nine A prizes, 25 B prizes,45 C prizes, and 32 consolation prizes presented.
Particularly, theSpecial Prize was awarded for the first time ever. It came to a documentary entitled“Việt Nam thời đại Hồ Chí Minh - Biên niên sử truyền hình" (Vietnam in theHo Chi Minh era - Television Chronicles) by journalists Nguyen Le Anh, Le Thi,Nguyen Thanh Trung, Ngo Dinh Khoat and Nguyen Thanh Tung from Nhan danNewspaper.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (middle), Vietnam News Agency General Director Vu Viet Trang (third, right) and Editor-in-Chief of Nhan dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh (third, left) and journalists from the Vietnam News Agency pose for a photo. (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile, journalistsfrom Vietnam News Agency (VNA) bagged four awards in three categories of photo,e-newspaper and printed newspaper.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (first, right) and standing member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat Vo Van Thuong (first, left) present the Special Prize to journalists from Nhan dan Newspaper (Photo: VNA) 
Journalists from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) bagged four awards in three categories of photo, e-newspaper and printed newspaper. (Photo: VNA) 
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (middle), Vietnam News Agency General Director Vu Viet Trang (third, right) and Editor-in-Chief of Nhan dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh (third, left) and journalists from the Vietnam News Agency pose for a photo. (Photo: VNA) 
