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Vietnamese writers honoured for understanding of Poland

Nine outstanding contestants of this year's Wikipedia writing contest have been recognised by the Polish Embassy in Hanoi for their efforts in boosting understanding of Poland.
Vietnamese writers honoured for understanding of Poland ảnh 1Dang Thu Trang (second from left) wins first prize (Photo: Polish Embassy in Hanoi)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Nine outstanding contestants of this year'sWikipedia writing contest have been recognised by the Polish Embassy in Hanoi fortheir efforts in boosting understanding of Poland.

The awards ceremony took place on December 15, and Dang Thu Trang, from Hanoi,won the first prize of 10 million VND for her 120 pieces about Poland and itspeople.

Tran Minh Duc received the second prize of 5 million VND for his 87 articles,and Nguyen Hong Nam received the third prize of 3 million VND for his 48articles.

In addition, the Embassy gave out six consolation prizes, each worth 1 millionVND.

Third Secretary of Economic Affairs of the Polish Embassy in Vietnam AlexanderNowakowski said: "Chopin, Marie Curie, the "Kazik" architect in Vietnam– all Poles – are well-known, yet many more Poles remain unnoticed. Thanks tothe contest, more Poles are known, increasing the friendship between Poland andVietnam."

The contest's head judge Hoang Viet Giao was delighted with the contest's greatoutcomes and applauded the excellent submissions this year.

Giao revealed that, based on past competition experiences, the regulations forthis year's contest had been modified and improved significantly.

He said: "This year's contest prioritises high-quality writing overquantity of entries. To this end, the panel has established a scoring schemethat gives high-quality articles ten times the points of low-quality articlesand limits submissions to ten per day per participant.

"Participants are prohibited from utilising automatic translation tools togenerate a flood of low-quality articles with the intention that the combinedscores of all of these articles will outweigh those of the few high-scoringpieces," he added.

The Polish Embassy in Hanoi has been hosting the Wikipedia writing contestsince 2019.

Participants write their own articles on Wikipedia and upload them inaccordance with the guidelines to the contest's website, balan.vn. The personwith the most points wins, which implies they have the most high-qualityentries.

This year's contest drew 85 entrants from all over the country, including Hanoi,Thai Nguyen, Nghe An, Ho Chi Minh City, Lam Dong, and others, bringing in 407entries on Wikipedia under the theme "Famous and Unknown Poles."/.
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