Speaking at the event, Editor-in-Chief of Van Hoa (Culture) Newspaper, Nguyen Anh Vu, noted that with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism now responsible for managing journalism, publishing, and external information—a function previously under the Ministry of Information and Communications—the Ministry’s responsibilities have expanded. Accordingly, the award’s scale and significance have also been elevated, and its new name reflects this shift.
“This change does not affect the eligibility period for published or broadcast works. We hope that the National Press Award ‘For the Cause of Viet Nam’s Cultural Development’ will continue to receive strong interest and support from journalists”, Editor-in-Chief Nguyen Anh Vu added.
The third award retains several key provisions from the 2nd edition of the National Press Award “For the Cause of Culture, Sports and Tourism Development.” This ensures continuity, consistency, and professionalism for a national-level press award while reflecting the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s ongoing development throughout its term and broader trajectory.
According to the award’s regulations, entries must be outstanding journalistic works - either individual or group submissions - that highlight real people and real events. Selected works should demonstrate originality, offer accurate and timely reflections of exemplary individuals, collectives, or positive actions, and constructively criticise social vices and negative behaviours.
According to Phan Thanh Nam, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Van Hoa Newspaper, this year’s edition of the award features an expanded scope in terms of eligible content. In addition to entries focused on the fields of culture, sports, and tourism as in previous editions, the third season now welcomes submissions addressing journalism and publishing.
Some prominent themes include: journalism’s responsibility in promoting the message of a rising Viet Nam; digital transformation in journalism; celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Press (1925–2025); fostering a reading culture within communities, families, schools, and society; and communications efforts around the digital transformation of libraries, aiming to build a modern library network, enhance operational capacity, offer new library services to meet user demands, and contribute to improving knowledge and building a learning society.
Eligible press genres include feature stories, reportage, investigative journalism, documentaries, journalistic essays, and panel discussion programmes (excluding live broadcast programmes in radio and television). These works must be published or aired for the first time in print, online, radio, television, or photojournalism between June 16, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
Regarding the award structure, three equal prizes will be awarded to media agencies with the most high-quality submissions. For individuals, the organising committee will present one first prize, three second prizes, five third prizes, and ten consolation prizes per category.
The National Press Award “For the Cause of Viet Nam’s Cultural Development” aims to recognise and honour the outstanding contributions of journalists and media organisations to the development of Vietnamese culture. It also serves to inform and promote achievements in the sectors of culture, information, family, sports, and tourism; to spotlight exemplary role models; and to encourage unity and continued dedication among sector professionals toward advancing Viet Nam’s cultural development.
The award ceremony is scheduled to take place in Ha Noi on October 20.
