On the evening of December 3, the 10th National Foreign Information Awards Ceremony will be held at Hanoi Opera House.

Before the award ceremony, Mr.

– 2024 is the 10th year of the National Award for Foreign Information.

G. Nguyen Que Lam:As we know, 2024 marks the 10-year journey of formation and development of the National Award for Foreign Information.

The Foreign Information Award is not only a regular journalism award but also a forum for those who love Vietnam and support Vietnam in creating and spreading the image of Vietnam, Vietnamese values ​​and Southern Vietnam.

With nearly 1,300 entries in 10 categories, the 10th National Foreign Information Information Awards continues to attract the attention and participation of domestic and foreign authors.

It is emphasized that the form of expression still shows diversity, modernity and active use of new media (for products/works in the Spot video genre).

Notably, this year’s awards had entries presented in many different languages ​​such as English, French and Spanish, this time with many new languages ​​such as Arabic, Uzbek and Sinhala (. a popular language in Sri Lanka)… Receiving entries via email also makes it easier for Vietnamese representative agencies abroad and foreigners to submit works/products to participate in the Award. .

Among the works participating in the prize in the foreign language print and electronic newspaper category, Vietnam News Agency continues to be the agency with the most entries.

With languages ​​such as English and French, Vietnam News Agency has an outstanding number of articles, especially of high quality.

– As you have evaluated, the highlight of this year’s awarded works is that there are many works with diverse and modern forms of expression, as well as many works by foreigners that reflect a positive view. extremely about Vietnam.

G. Nguyen Que Lam:For me, music has always been something that easily evokes emotions, especially the top international music that we only see in the media, until IB Group launched a series of music projects that brought musical idols to life. International music comes to Vietnam such as Modern Talking, Boney M, Chris Norman… and more recently Bond and Kenny G.

Especially the event of IB group and Nhan Dan newspaper releasing the MV filmed in Hanoi for the immortal song “Come home, baby”.

The remaining work that won the high prize that I want to share is the Relic of the Headquarters of the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Comrades Association, where the first newspaper of the Vietnam Revolutionary Press was born, house number 248 -250 Van Minh street , Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China.

At this place 100 years ago, from November 1924 to May 1927, with the help of the Communist Party of China, President Ho Chi Minh opened political training classes for Vietnamese youth and created launched the newspaper “Youth” to spread Marxism-Leninism. Over the years, the Guangdong Revolutionary History Museum has restored, repaired, and upgraded the monument and now, everyone who comes here can feel it.

In 2024, the relic site will also have the honor of welcoming senior leaders of our Party and State.

– After 10 times organizing the tournament, in your opinion, what experiences can be drawn to further improve the quality and expand the tournament?

G. Nguyen Que Lam:Although very positive results have been achieved, with the new requirements and tasks of foreign information in the new period, the National Award for foreign information needs to continue to innovate in order to improve quality and contribution. contribute more effectively to foreign information such as implementing strategic goals. set by the Communist Party of Vietnam.

After 10 years of organization, the Award has truly created a strong movement and motivation for foreign IT workers to constantly innovate and bring quality jobs.

Along with other forms of journalism, there is also a need for more modern, more creative, more concise, more diverse forms of media expression and to tell compelling, emotional stories about Vietnam. .

In short, the Foreign Information Awards as well as the foreign information work in the coming time need to make efforts and focus on best propagating the wealth and position of the country, especially when we are entering a new era, an era of prosperity and happiness. , an era of progress for the Vietnamese people.

– Thank you very much!./.