The ceremony was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Journalists Association, Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), associations and associations operating in the field of energy saving, along with many journalists and reporters from press and television agencies.
The Press and Propaganda Award on Energy-saving and Efficient Use is one of the communication activities under the VNEEP Program. The award aims to raise public awareness and responsibility in using energy economically and efficiently, while honoring outstanding authors and journals on energy-saving and efficient use at the central and local levels. This is the 14th year the Award has been held nationwide.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hoang Long said: "2025 marks an important period in Vietnam's sustainable development process, with the message "Green Transition - Green Future". This is not only a strategic orientation but also our strong commitment to using energy efficiency, reducing emissions and promoting a green economy. To realize this goal, the press and media play a pioneering role in spreading messages, orienting awareness and promoting action in the whole society.
Journalist Nguyen Duc Loi, Permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Journalists Association shared: In recent times, the Vietnam Journalists Association has coordinated with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to organize the annual Press Propaganda Award for the use of energy economically and efficiently and has received the attention and response of many reporters and journalists across the country. In 2025, we expect to receive many creative, groundbreaking works and even practical energy-saving solutions.
The works participating in the press category include news, reflection articles, interviews, talks, comments, reports, investigative reports, and press signatures in the category of Print Newspaper, Radio, Television, and Electronic Newspaper. The press work participating in the award must be published from October 31, 2024 to September 1, 2025 on mass media licensed by a competent state agency.
Notably, this year the organizing committee will have an additional Video clip category. The work is 1-3 minutes long, has appropriate content, is used for propaganda at the unit or is disseminated on any current media platform (including TikTok, Zalo, Fanpage, YouTube, website...).
The award recipients are all professional or non-professional journalists, collaborators, and informants from news agencies and newspapers. Communication officers of power units and Vietnamese citizens with works that are suitable for the prescribed content, form, and legal conditions can submit to the contest.
The closing and award ceremony is expected to be held in November 2025.
The structure of the 2025 energy-saving and efficient press awards:
The total value is 340 million VND, including 41 awards, including:
01 Special Prize: worth 20 million VND.
05 A prizes: each prize worth 15 million VND.
10 B Prizes: each prize worth 12 million VND.
10 C Prizes: each prize worth 08 million VND.
15 Encouragement Prizes: each prize worth 03 million VND.
Vietnam is one of the fastest growing economies in the ASEAN region, with increasing energy demand. This growth puts great pressure on the national energy system. Depending on imported energy creates risks to energy security, especially in the context of the current constantly fluctuating global energy market.
Faced with this situation, over the years, the Vietnamese Government has continuously made efforts to ensure energy security through improving energy efficiency. Many specific policies and activities to promote energy-saving and efficient use in the whole society have been implemented.
On March 13, 2019, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 280/QD-TTg approving the National Program on energy-saving and efficient use for the period 2019 - 2030 (VNEEP3 Program) to synchronously deploy activities in the field of energy-saving and efficient use nationwide, in which communication activities raise awareness of the community, businesses and the whole society about the responsibility and benefits of energy-saving and efficient use and energy-saving solutions that play an important role.
