June 03, 2017 | 21:24 (GMT+7)
139 press and media pieces advance to 11th National Press Awards final round
PANO – As many as 139 excellent press and media pieces of 11 genres advanced to the 11th National Press Awards 2016's final round opened in Hanoi on June 2.
Of the number, 49 pieces are of print newspaper, 10 of press photo, 23 of radio, 41 of television and 16 of online newspaper.
At the opening ceremony, Editor-in-Chief of the People's Newspaper and Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists' Association Thuan Huu said that these are the best press and media pieces selected among 1,550 entries in the qualifying round. They reflected economic, political, social and national defense and security issues of the country.
The jury will work for two days to select the best press and media pieces to present prizes on the occasion of the Vietnamese Revolutionary Journalism Day (June 21).
Translated by Hong Thanh