National Press Festival wraps up with top honours for Vietnam News Agency
The festival highlighted the contributions and robust development of Vietnam's revolutionary press over the past century while promoting press products and showcasing the creativity of Vietnamese journalists.
The Vietnam News Agency wins Prize A for its standout exhibition booth. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The National Press Festival 2025 concluded on June 21 afternoon at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi, drawing representatives from various ministries and sectors, journalists, and press enthusiasts from both domestic and international communities.
Delivering the closing remarks, journalist Nguyen Duc Loi, Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association and head of the organising committee, emphasised the three-day festival's resounding success, with nearly 130 booths from 80 central and local press agencies showcasing a panorama of the Vietnamese journalism's professional and modern development trajectory.
The festival, he said, highlighted the contributions and robust development of Vietnam's revolutionary press over the past century while promoting press products and showcasing the creativity of Vietnamese journalists.
The most striking feature of the festival was to clearly demonstrate the trend of digital transformation and technological application in journalism, with various multimedia press products and new technological applications such as AI, virtual reality, and augmented virtual reality to attract readers, showing the press community's proactive approach and determination to keep pace with global advanced technology.
While the festival concluded, its values and lessons have been learned, and inspiration will continue to resonat▨e. Loi stated with a glorious 100-year tradition, unwavering resolve, dynamism, creativity, and high sense of responsibility, Vietnam's revolutionary press will continue achieving greater successes𒆙, worthy of the trust from the Party, State, and people.
The Vietnam News Agency's e-newspaper VietnamPlus wins Prize A for its interactive 3D multimedia feature “Hung ca thong nhat” as an impressive journalistic work. (Photo: VNA)
Within the framework of the festival, the organising committee and awards council presented Prize A to five standout exhibition booths, Prize B to seven ones, Prize C to 16 others, and 19 consolation prizes. Prize A went to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Vietnam Television, Radio the Voice of Vietnam, Nhan dan (People) Newspaper, and the Vietnam Press Museum.
In the online newspaper category, the VNA's e-newspaper VietnamPlus won Prize A for its interactive 3D multimedia feature “Hung ca thong nhat” (the epic of reunification) as an impressive journalistic work.
Additionally, the VNA earned Prize B for print cover design with its spring 2025 edition of Tuan Tin tuc (weekly news), and another Prize B in photojournalism for photographer Nguyen Khanh Hoa’s work on “tuo𒁃ng” – a ꦦspecial traditional theatrical artform./.
PM Pham Minh Chinh highlighted how Vietnam's revolutionary press has continuously evolved and strengthened over the past century, affirming its role as a sharp and vital political, cultural, and ideological weapon serving the Fatherland and the people in the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party.
In recent interviews granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporters in Mexico, prominent figures reflected on the press’s legacy and its global influence.
On September 15, 1945—just 13 days after President Ho Chi Minh proclaimed Vietnam’s independence—the Vietnam News Agency broadcast the full text of the Declaration of Independence in Vietnamese, French, and English. From that moment, the Vietnam News Agency or VNA became more than a news outlet—it was a strategic information agency, walking alongside♉ the nation through every turning point in its history.
The programme on sustainable poverty reduction has achieved its annual targets for reducing the poverty rate as assigned by the National Assembly and the Government. It has fulfilled five specific objectives and five five-year goals, and met nine out of 12 indicators related to addressing basic social service shortages.
UNICEF stands ready to support the Government in implementing this important law and in continuing to invest in teachers as the cornerstone of a resilient, inclusive, and high-quality education system for all children.
Vietnamese Consul General in Fukuoka Vu Chi Mai highlighted the growing demand for Vietnamese workers in Kyushu, especially in Fukuoka, Oita, and Saga prefectures. Currently, the region employs about 35,000 Vietnamese manual workers and over 5,000 IT engineers.
In Vietnam’s case, she said, President Ho Chi Minh demonstrated his strategic vision by founding the revolutionary press a century ago. The late leader understood the press's role not only as a means to reflect the country’s realities but also as a powerful tool to strengthen national unity and inspire the resistance wars and national construction process.
VietnamPlus e-newspaper of the VNA clinched an A prize in the “Outstanding Press Product” category for its immersive 3D multimedia project, “Epic of Reunification,” a groundbreaking blend of storytelling and technology. The VNA won another A prize for its eye-catching exhibition booth.
Today, the press for foreign service has evolved into a distinct, irreplaceable force, bridging Vietnam with the world and portraying a nation that is stable, peace-loving, and fully integrated into the international community.
At a review conference held on June 21, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh praised the province’s scientific, coordinated, and flexible approach. He noted that the early completion reflects the strong commitment of local authorities, the business community, philanthropists, and residents in improving housing conditions for disadvantaged groups.
The VNA delegation, led by General Director Vu Viet Trang, actively participated in the event, engaging in both professional and diplomatic activities.
In the context where AI dominates and produces vast volumes of content, the only sustainable path forward for journalism is to focus on high-quality content and core values. Journalism must redefine its mission - not to report the fastest, but to provide the most profound and trustworthy value.
Granma and the VNA have great potential for cooperation, especially in sharing content regularly, so that VNA products are published on Granma platforms and vice versa, thereby helping Cuban and Vietnamese people access true information and gain a deep understanding of each other's country and people.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is intensifying efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as part of the country’s goal of having the European Commission’s “yellow card” warning lifted.
Throughout its 80-year history, the VNA has remained at the forefront of information dissemination. It has consistently delivered timely, accurate, and objective reports on both domestic and international events, serving the Party’s leadership, the State’s management, and the public’s demand for official news.
With strong support from local authorities, businesses, organisations, and residents, the province has successfully built or repaired 10,707 homes for disadvantaged households, including war veterans, families of martyrs, ethnic minority people, and low-income residents.
Throughout its resistance against colonialists and imperialists, Vietnam developed a revolutionary press that has served as a benchmark for just and legitimate causes worldwide.
