On the afternoon of June 18, Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee held a meeting to celebrate the 101st anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day and awarded the Lao Cai Press Award in 2026.
Attending the program were Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh - Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee, Mr. Duong Duc Huy - Head of the Provincial Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Committee, along with leaders of the Provincial People's Committee and departments and agencies.
In 2026, Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee awarded the Press Award to 50 winning works, including: 5 A Prizes, 10 B Prizes, 15 C Prizes and 20 Consolation Prizes.
In which, the article series "Teachers of a kindergarten in Lao Cai have their overtime money collected" by the author group Cao Van Tuan - Ngo Duy Dung (Lao Dong Newspaper) won the B Prize.
This is an exclusive topic discovered and recorded by Lao Dong Newspaper reporters, collecting evidence for a long time at An Binh kindergarten (Dong Cuong commune, Lao Cai province).
From October 24, 2025 to October 30, 2025, Lao Dong Newspaper published a series of articles reflecting and pointing out signs of violations in financial management at a highland school, directly affecting the rights of dozens of teachers.
The series of articles consists of 5 installments, reflecting the entire process from when the teacher spoke up, functional agencies intervened to verify, the police intervened to investigate, and prosecuted the Principal and Chief Accountant of the school (after 4 days of posting the first article).
The series of articles does not only stop at reflecting phenomena but also closely follows the developments of handling, contributing to clarifying the nature of the case as well as the handling of violations.
After the articles were published, the Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee directed to inspect and prevent similar violations in all schools in the area.
The Department of Education and Training also issued many documents to rectify and strengthen supervision of the declaration and payment of overtime teaching fees for teachers.
The prosecution and handling of wrongdoers shows the clear social impact of the series, contributing to protecting the legitimate rights of teachers, while strengthening discipline and transparency in financial management at public educational institutions.
