National Press Awards 2020

For the first time ever, the Special Prize was awarded at the National Press Awards.

Winners of the 15th National Press Awards in 2020, the highest award for journalists in Vietnam, were announced at a ceremony on October 24 night in Hanoi.

Addressing the event, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc lauded the great contributions that journalists have made to the country, and congratulated the awarded journalists.

He underlined that the press is a sharp tool to fight corruption, waste      and negative phenomena as well as the degradation in morality and lifestyle, and at the same time provide the public with timely information and directions from the Party and State, thus contributing to creating social consensus, and promoting joint efforts in dealing with difficulties and challenges facing the country in the development path as well as the protection of national independence, sovereignty and sacred territorial integrity, and enhancing the position of Vietnam in the world arena.

This year, 112 outstanding works were honoured, with one Special Prize, nine A prizes, 25 B prizes, 45 C prizes, and 32 consolation prizes     .

Along with honouring outstanding journalists and press works, the National Press Awards also affirms important contributions that the press makes to national development and the values of the Vietnamese revolutionary press./.

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