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National external information service award presented to French historian

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on September 8 presented the consolation prize of the 7th National External Information Service Awards 2021 to historian Alain Ruscio, an expert on Vietnam's modern history.
National external information service award presented to French historian ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang (L) presents consolation prize of the 7th National External Information Service Awards 2021 to historian Alain Ruscio (Photo: VNA)
Paris (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang onSeptember 8 presented the consolation prize of the 7th National External Information Service Awards 2021 to historian Alain Ruscio, an expert onVietnam's modern history.

His award-winning article was on Vietnam’s efforts to pavethe way for decolonization in 1945, published in the electronic version of L'Humanité(Humanity) on September 4, 2020.

Before becoming a historian, Alain Ruscio was the first correspondentof L'Humanité newspaper in Hanoi in 1980s, during which he had chances to meet GeneralVo Nguyen Giap who was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Vietnam People’s Armyand led the army from victory to victory during Vietnam’s resistance wars, andother famous leaders of Vietnam. After these meetings, he wrote many articlesabout Vietnam.

The organising board of the 7th National External Information Service Awards received over 1,000 entries in 14 languages whichwere published as articles in print and online newspapers, websites licensed bycompetent agencies, radio and TV broadcast, press and landscape photos, andbooks.

Notably, foreign authors and press agencies, overseasVietnamese and Vietnamese embassies abroad also sent works to the awards.

The event honoured 102 best entries, including one special,10 first, 19 second, 29 third and 43 consolation prizes./.
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