The ceremony was held on November 23 by the Institute for Research on Development Communication (RED), the Global Affairs Canada and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

The ‘Journalism for Sustainable Development Award 2018’ was launched five months ago, receiving more than 500 writings from 173 reporters nationwide.

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irector of the Institute for Research on Development Communication Tran Nhat Minh gives a speech at the awarding ceremony

Six of the winning works wrote about environmental protection and the remaining four on gender equality.

Also at the ceremony, Nguyen Chi Dung, chair of the jury, announced regulations on the Journalism for Sustainable Development Awards 2019. Entries must be submitted no later than the end of October and an awards ceremony is expected to take place in next November.

Source: VNA