On August 20, Nhan Dan newspaper held a ceremony to announce the Human Act Prize for the third season, 2025.
Following the spirit of the first two seasons, this year's award continues the journey of inspiring, honoring actions for the community that are persistent, quiet but have a wide influence in society.
Human Act Prize is a national award held annually to honor individuals and organizations that have made positive contributions to society through community initiatives and projects with sustainable impacts.
Mr. Le Quoc Minh, member of the Party Central Committee, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Head of the Award Organizing Committee, shared: For an initiative to be able to long-term nurture and help the community on a large scale, many factors need to converge.
It does not only come from the heart or a story with humanistic power, but also requires a correct strategy, constant creativity, sustainable resources, a spirit of perseverance and perseverance.
These are factors that do not easily converge, and are also the biggest challenge for those who are committed to the community. But if they can converge, the project will bring profound social impacts".
For that reason, Kuring Service was chosen as the theme of the Human Act Prize 2025. Conservation of Service is not only to depict the depth of the efforts, but also to honor the practical social impacts that the project brings.
With that spirit, Human Act Prize 2025 continues to seek and honor individuals and organizations that are implementing community projects, regardless of scale, starting point or field of activity.
Community support is not only a noble ideal, but also a brave choice. Those who persevere in following the path they believe deserve to be spread, supported and honored - so that sustainable human values are enlightened and extended in the whole society.
The projects participating in the Human Act Prize 2025 will be evaluated based on the main criteria: commitment, sustainability, creativity, impact and spread.
In addition, Human Act Prize implements a specialized and completely free training program for individuals managing small and medium-scale community projects.
Through this program, community leaders will be equipped with a system of basic knowledge on corporate governance, sustainable development, financial management, communications, fundraising, network building and model replication. The goal is to improve management capacity, increase social impact and create long-term sustainable values for the community they serve.
At the same time, some judges and prestigious experts in the community service network will also directly advise on projects that they feel sympathetic and suitable for the orientation.
This year, Human Act Prize 2025 expanded the Jury, bringing the total number of members to 12 - 14, gathering leading experts in the fields of sustainable development, education, environment, socio-economics, from both at home and abroad.
UNICEF officially accompanies the Human Act Prize as a Sustainable Development Advisor, providing extensive professional contributions to issues of sustainable development, focusing on children's rights, integration and social impact orientation.
UNICEF will participate in giving strategic comments on the criteria system and the process of selecting and nominating experts to the Jury, while supporting training and consulting to improve capacity for community projects.
In particular, UNICEF is committed to accompanying a typical initiative initiated by young people after the awards ceremony - as an affirmation of its commitment to empowering and nurturing generations to create positive changes for the community.
The community nomination portal and the project registration portal to participate in the tournament officially opened from August 20, 2025.
