The second edition of the National Press Award on the National Assembly and People's Councils (Diên Hồng Award) for the year 2024 was presented at the Friendship Cultural Palace in Hanoi on January 1. The award marks the 78th anniversary of the first general election to the National Assembly of Vietnam (January 6, 1946 - January 6, 2024).
The event was attended by the Chairman of the National Assembly, Vương Đình Huệ, former Chairpersons of the National Assembly Nguyễn Sinh Hùng and Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, and the Standing Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly and Head of the Diên Hồng Award Steering Committee, Trần Thanh Mẫn.
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn emphasised the promotion of the results of the first Diên Hồng Award. This year, the number of awards and their monetary value have increased. Despite the limited time, only 6 months after the first edition, the organising committee received 2,679 high quality entries from 138 media outlets at both central and local levels. These entries demonstrated creativity and innovation and attracted the attention and high praise of readers.
The jury selected 79 outstanding entries and awarded 7 A, 14 B, 20 C and 38 consolation prizes.
Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly Trần Thanh Mẫn delivered a speech at the ceremony. Photo: VNA
The Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly stressed the importance of inheriting and promoting the glorious traditions of the 78 years of the Vietnamese National Assembly. The XV National Assembly has made unremitting efforts to innovate and improve the quality of its activities, achieving significant and comprehensive results in legislation, supreme supervision and decision-making on important national issues. At the local level, the activities of People's Councils have become increasingly practical and effective.
The year 2024 holds special significance in the implementation of the resolution of the XIII Party Congress and the resolution of the National Assembly on the 5-year socio-economic development plan (2021-2025). The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly expressed the hope that media agencies and journalists will continue to demonstrate a sense of responsibility, dedication, professional ethics, trust and a strong connection with the people's representative organs. He called for proactive dissemination, comprehensive and timely propaganda to bring the Party's policies, state laws and directives to life, and further contribute to building a more effective and trustworthy National Assembly and People's Councils worthy of the trust of voters and the people.
"With the glorious traditions of the revolutionary press in Vietnam, the journalism team is maturing in political spirit, professional ethics, expertise and professionalism. It is believed that the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels will continue to receive positive support from the media at both central and local levels. Journalists should continue to explore, discover and innovate to write about the National Assembly and the People's Councils, confirming their role as a bridge between the Party's ideals and the people's hearts, providing a forum for all strata of the people to contribute their passion and intelligence to the process of nation building and protection, creating positive influences, and inspiring the people's unity, aspiration, self-reliance and creative spirit to build a prosperous and happy country," stressed the Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly.
Chairman of the National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ and Comrade Phan Đình Trạc, Head of the Central Committee for Internal Affairs, present the A Prize to the winning authors and groups of authors. Photo: VNA
The 7 A prizes of the 2024 Diên Hồng Awards were awarded to
- Bảo vệ Pháp luật Newspaper (Legal Protection Newspaper) with the series: The increasingly innovative, people-centric, substantial, and effective questioning activities of the National Assembly (3 issues).
- Báo Đại biểu Nhân dân (People's Representative Newspaper) with the series: ”Thượng phương bảo kiếm" (Supreme Sentinel) for supervisory activities of authority (5 issues).
- Tạp chí Cộng Sản (Communist Magazine) with the work: The leadership of the Party Committee of Đà Nẵng City in building urban governance: Initial results, problems and focus in the coming period.
- The Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper with the series: The legislative vision and imprint of the National Assembly (5 issues).
- Báo Nhân dân (The People's Newspaper) with the series: Enhancing the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of the supervisory activities of the People's Council (3 issues).
- News Department (VOV1), Voice of Vietnam with the work: Decentralization, instilling confidence.
- Truyền hình Quốc hội Việt Nam (Vietnam National Assembly Television) with the work: Legislative initiatives for transgender rights.
Vietnam Television was honored to receive the B Prize with the work Dấu ấn Ngoại giao Nghị viện (The Mark of Parliament Diplomacy) by the authors: Vũ Đình Chung, Phạm Ngọc Thành, Trương Quốc Trung, Lương Thị Ngọc Hà, Phạm Minh Hằng, Phí Thị Thu Trà, Đinh Quang Hạnh, Nguyễn Duy Công, Vũ Đức Thuận, Phạm Quang Nam.
The organizing committee presented the B Prizes to the winning authors and author groups. Photo: VNA
The organizing committee also awarded Certificates of Merit to the News Department, Vietnam Television, and the collectives that made significant contributions to the success of the second Diên Hồng Awards.
The organizing committee awarded prizes to collectives that made significant contributions to the success of the second Diên Hồng Awards. Photo: VNA
At the award ceremony, the Head of the Office of the National Assembly, Secretary-General of the National Assembly Bui Van Cuong announced the launch of the third Diên Hồng Awards in 2025.
Mr. Bui Van Cuong emphasized: "In anticipation of celebrating the 79th anniversary of the first General Election that elected the National Assembly of Vietnam, building on the achievements of the previous two seasons, entries for the third Dien Hong Awards should closely align with the key tasks. They should focus on reflecting and deeply analyzing the activities of the National Assembly, People's Councils at all levels, and elected deputies in legislative, supervisory areas, making decisions on important national and local issues, parliamentary diplomacy, and other activities as stipulated by law. This contribution aims to effectively convey the resolutions of the National Assembly and People's Councils to voters, enhance the close relationship between elected deputies, voters, and the people, boost the spirit, aspirations, self-reliance, resilience, and creativity of the people, and solidify the unity of the entire nation to propel our country's rapid and sustainable development under the leadership of the Party".
Entries for the third Dien Hong Awards in 2025 will include works published or broadcasted from December 6, 2023, to November 5, 2024.
