On the evening of June 21, the 20th National Press Award ceremony - 2025 took place in Hai Phong City, on the occasion of the 101st anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2026).
Attending the award ceremony were Politburo Member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; Politburo Member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission Trinh Van Quyet; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan; Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh; Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Hai Phong City Le Ngoc Chau; Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association, Chairman of the National Press Award Council Le Quoc Minh.
Also attending the award ceremony were members of the Party Central Committee, leaders of ministries, branches, and localities.
This year, the National Press Award Council selected 123 excellent works to award prizes, including 11 A prizes, 26 B prizes, 50 C prizes and 36 consolation prizes of 13 types of prizes.
The National Press Award - the most prestigious award for journalists - has entered its 20th season, a journey that is not short at all. 20 years marking the maturity of the country's journalism, 20 years honoring journalists who have constantly been creative, innovative and dedicated.
The National Press Award has become a familiar annual political - professional event in journalistic life, contributing to encouraging us to maintain faith in the path we have chosen, in the values that journalists bring to society today.
Behind each discovery is a sharp mindset. Behind each truth are months of verification and exploration. Behind each example of kindness and humanity is a hot heart.
Over the past 20 years, the National Press Award has honored comments full of concern about the times, reflections and criticisms suggesting solutions, investigations sounding an alarm bell, and stories about kindness carrying the aspiration to rise up.
Those are works that make us think, urge us to act. These works, whether big or small, have real impact on policies, on people, contributing to making life better.
This year's National Press Award continues to record elaborately invested articles with practical value, comprehensively reflecting the economic - social - defense - security - foreign affairs aspects of the country in 2025, with outstanding topics such as:
The revolution to streamline the organizational structure of the political system, merge administrative units, implement the 2-level local government model; the work of organizing Party congresses at all levels for the term 2025-2030 towards the 14th Party Congress; the foundational resolutions, goals, orientations and strategic visions for national development in the new era; the work of building the Party and the political system, fighting to protect the ideological foundation of the Party, protecting the sacred sea and island sovereignty...
Besides reports and investigations exposing and criticizing negative aspects, evils, and downsides that need to be condemned in society, this year's season features records and portraits of successful Vietnamese people who maintain Vietnamese identity abroad and in the country; some articles about workers, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and managers with new approaches, which are recognized and highly appreciated.
Many works have gone deep into analyzing policies, strategic decisions, and new opportunities opening up for the country. Many works boldly point out barriers, difficulties, and bottlenecks that need to be removed.
Many works continue to show the vitality of true-good-beautiful stories, examples of willpower, compassion and sacrifice, spreading good things, and fostering social trust.
The entries all carry the spirit of constructive journalism, humane journalism. All together depict a vivid picture of the country's situation in 2025, which is changing strongly, constantly striving to innovate, with great challenges, opportunities and aspirations for development.
