Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue honoured winners of the first press awards on sustainable poverty reduction effort in the 2016-2020 period in a ceremony in Hanoi on October 12. (Photo: VGP) Hanoi(VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue honoured winners of the firstpress awards on sustainable poverty reduction effort in the 2016-2020 period ina ceremony in Hanoi on October 12.
During the event, 24prizes, including one A, four B, nine C, were awarded in five categories ofprint media, online newspaper, radio broadcast, television programme, and photoreportage. The only A prize was presented to a group of journalists from theVoice of Vietnam (VOV) for their radio programme on poverty reduction policies.
The awards received300 entries from January 1 to September 10, 84 of which went to the finalround.
In his remarks atthe ceremony, Deputy PM Hue said the competition raised awareness among peopleand local authorities of the need to implement and enforce the government’spoverty reduction policies and programmes and motivated the poor to helpthemselves.
He asked journalistsand media agencies to continue participating in the competition in 2018 and thefollowing years, contributing to the national effort to achieve sustainablepoverty reduction goals set by the State and Party.
The Deputy PM also took the occasion to launch the 2018 awards.-VNA
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