VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang (first, left) and Standing Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists' Association Nguyen Duc Loi (first, right) present Prize A to winners. (Photo: VNA) Among the nearly 290 entries, sevenwere granted Prize A, while 15 were presented with Prize B, 22 with Prize C, and27 with consolation prizes. Six other outstanding entries were also praised.
The VNA Press Awards 2021 saw the first time infographics officially became amain category. Besides, first-ever specialised prizes were also awarded toimpressive entries in new types of media such as podcasts and social media.
The Press Awards 2021 marked a newstride for the VNA and its reporters and editors, who have kept up with thedevelopment of domestic and international media, affirming the VNA’s key roleas the official multimedia press agency in Vietnam.
Congratulating the winners, VNAGeneral Director Vu Viet Trang thanked all the staff for their dedicationsthroughout 2021, a year full of major events, global changes, and difficultiescaused by the pandemic.
The Press Awards not only honoured their contributions, but also reflected theVNA’s tradition and strength with talented, enthusiastic, and responsiblejournalists, she noted.
She took this occasion to launch the VNA Press Awards 2022./.
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