ANNOUNCEMENT OF NATIONAL AWARDS
ON THE VIII FOREIGN INFORMATION CONFERENCE

The National Award for External Information is an award awarded by the Central Department of Propaganda and Education, the Steering Committee for External Information Work in coordination with key press agencies, including People's Newspaper; Vietnam Television; Voice of Vietnam Radio; Vietnam News Agency and related agencies and units such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Ministry of Information and Communications; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army; Central Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union;... organized annually.

I. Purpose and meaning of the Award

1. Affirming the important position and role of foreign information work in (i) informing about the domestic situation, the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, Vietnam's viewpoints and stances on international and regional issues; (ii) promoting the image of the country, culture, history, and people of Vietnam, enhancing the country's international position and prestige; (iii) fighting against false information and distorted arguments about Vietnam in the fields of national sovereignty, ethnicity, democracy, and human rights.

2. Honor authors and groups of authors with outstanding products, initiatives and ideas in the field of foreign information.

3. Create motivation for groups and individuals to actively participate in foreign information and propaganda; strengthen the connection between foreign information and domestic information, between agencies, units and localities to improve the effectiveness of foreign information work.

II. Conditions for participating in the Award

1. The award is given to foreign information products including: (1) Printed newspapers; (2) Electronic newspapers; (3) Electronic information pages; (4) Radio; (5) Television; (6) Photos (including Press photos and Landscape photos); (7) Books; (8) Video clips and (9) Initiatives, ideas and products with foreign information value.

2. Products eligible for the Award are those posted on mass media; published, released, announced and applied domestically and internationally, from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. For works published before or after the above time, 2/3 of the duration and quantity of the works must be published within the prescribed time.

3. Products that have won prizes in other competitions are still eligible to participate in the Awards, but must clearly state the level of the prize awarded, along with information about the organizing unit and the time of the competition.

4. Products participating in the Award have no copyright disputes from the time of announcement.

5. Products not eligible to participate in the Award include: A series of journalistic works compiled from independent works by individual authors at different times of publication, without continuity of the series; fictional works; works awaiting approval from competent authorities; photo collages, computer-edited photos; violations of the provisions of the Copyright Law, the Intellectual Property Law and other legal provisions.

III. Award Participants

1. Vietnamese people living in the country, abroad and foreigners are all entitled to submit products that meet the criteria of the Award.

2. Each author or group of authors can submit a maximum of 07 works/groups of press works or foreign information products to participate in the Award in accordance with the Award's criteria.

3. Members of the Award Council and the Final Jury are not allowed to submit products to the Award.

IV. Criteria for Awarding the Prize

Products considered for the Award are typical products that best meet the Award's selection criteria, including:

1. About content

The product ensures timeliness and objectivity; has domestic and international reach; effectively serves foreign information work, specifically:

- Accurate, timely and vivid information on (i) political and foreign affairs activities of Party and State leaders; (ii) Vietnam's foreign policy, the Party and State's viewpoints and policies on international issues, ensuring sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests.

- Introduce the quintessence of human culture and progressive thoughts of the times in accordance with the Party's viewpoints and policies, the national interests and culture of Vietnam to the people in the country.

- Reflecting achievements in innovation, international integration, development, especially in the fields of economics, trade, investment, tourism; achievements in defending the Fatherland, ensuring human rights; affirming the role, position, and prestige of Vietnam in the international community.

- Promote the image of the country, people, history, culture of Vietnam, and the development potential of regions and localities to the international community and overseas Vietnamese; strengthen the great national unity bloc and seek the sympathy and support of the international community.

- Protect the Party's ideological foundation; fight against and refute erroneous and hostile viewpoints, distorted arguments, and false propaganda about the situation in Vietnam by hostile and opportunistic forces.

2. About form

2.1. Awards for works in the fields of journalism and publishing

Genre: Reflection, interview, notes, commentary, essay, reportage, investigation, journalistic memoir, radio and television programs, multimedia information products, photos, books,... as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 4 of this Regulation.

Authors and groups of authors participating in the Award submit foreign information works to the contest according to the following regulations:

Print:An article or series of articles (no more than 05 issues), a special page by the same author or group of authors, about the same event, the same topic. If the work is published in multiple languages, only one representative work must be submitted. The agency or individual submitting the work must clearly state the reason for selecting the work in the language of the competition.

Electronic newspaper: An article or series of articles (no more than 05 issues) that demonstrate the characteristics of an electronic newspaper, including multimedia works, by the same author or group of authors, on the same event or topic. It is a creative work, made specifically for an electronic newspaper; works taken from printed newspapers will not be considered. If the work is published in multiple languages, only one work in the typical representative language must be submitted to the Award. The agency or individual submitting the work must clearly state the reason for choosing the language for the award and the total number of languages ​​published.

Website:An article or series of articles (no more than 05 issues), including multimedia works, by the same author or group of authors, on the same event or topic. It is a creative work, with the characteristics of an electronic newspaper; works taken from printed newspapers will not be considered. If the work is published in multiple languages, only one work in the typical representative language may be submitted to the Award. The agency or individual submitting the work must clearly state the reason for selecting the work in the language of the competition.

Broadcast:A work or group of works about the same event or topic, broadcast in one or more installments (no more than 05 installments). Each work must not exceed 60 minutes. The work must demonstrate the characteristics of radio journalism, with clear sound, character voices, sounds, and music that meet quality requirements and are attractive. The sounds used in the work must be copyrighted.

Television:A work or group of works (no more than 05 programs) about the same event, topic. The duration of each program is not more than 120 minutes. The work demonstrates the characteristics of visual journalism, which is moving images; images and sounds must meet quality and attractiveness requirements. Images and sounds used in the work must be copyrighted.

Image:including Press Photo and Landscape Photo:

- Press photos: Single photos, photo groups or photo reports. For photo groups or photo reports with the same content, only select photo groups or photo reports of no more than 10 photos, published in the same issue or at the same time of publication (for electronic newspapers).

- Landscape photos: Single photos, photo groups. For photo groups, only select photo groups of no more than 10 photos, published in the same issue or at the same time of publication (for electronic newspapers). Collage photos or photos edited with computer software will not be considered.

Book:A book or a series of books published in Vietnamese or a foreign language.

2.2. Awards for video clips and initiatives, ideas, and products with foreign information value

Video clip:A video clip or series of video clips (no more than 05 products) about the same event, topic; created and posted for the first time on the Internet platform (excluding press works that have been published and then reposted on the Internet platform), with the value of promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam to the world. Moving images; images, sounds that meet quality and attractiveness requirements. Images and sounds used in the work must be copyrighted.

Each video clip must not exceed 5 minutes in length. For video clips posted on social networking applications (Facebook, TikTok, etc.), the minimum length is 30 seconds and the maximum is 2 minutes.

Initiatives, ideas, products with foreign information value:Initiatives, ideas and activities that have positive value in promoting and spreading the image of Vietnam and its people to the world; are suitable for Vietnamese culture and traditions and are widely supported by public opinion.

3.Works and products published and distributed domestically must comply with the provisions of Vietnamese law. Authors/groups of authors with multiple works and products participating and winning the Award will only receive the highest award.

V. Award Entry Form

1. About the author

Author's CV includes: Full name, pen name, ID card number or citizen identification card number, current position, work unit, mobile phone number, email.

For groups of authors, there is a note about the group representative.

2. About the work/product

2.1. Works in the fields of journalism and publishing

Each work must be accompanied by a general introduction of the work in Vietnamese (type, genre, main content, context of creation, paying attention to highlighting the discovery, influence, appeal, etc. of the work).

For printed newspapers, electronic newspapers, and electronic information pages:Must be the original print, or a photocopy from a printed newspaper or electronic newspaper, but must be clear (must send a link via email to the electronic newspaper and electronic information page). If the work has small or odd continuations, the continuation must be cut and pasted on A4 white paper and the page number of the continuation must be clearly marked; accompanied by 04 copies.

For radio productions:Must be recorded on CD, USB or via links to data storage services on the Internet such as Dropbox, Google drive..., each disc only records 01 work, on the disc label clearly states the name of the unit, author, work; genre; duration and broadcast time; text of the lyrics of the work; accompanied by confirmation from the managing unit.

For television productions: Must send links to Internet data storage services such as Dropbox, Google drive... of the work and attach a DVD or USB and clearly state the name of the unit, author, work; genre; duration; broadcast time; script with detailed commentary; accompanied by confirmation from the managing unit.

For photojournalism: Along with photos published in newspapers, magazines, etc., must be accompanied by enlarged photos on photo paper measuring 18cm×24cm (single photos) and 12cm×18cm (for photos in groups or photo reports).

For landscape photography:Along with photos published in newspapers, magazines, etc., must be accompanied by enlarged photos on photo paper measuring 18cm×24cm (single photo) and 12cm×18 cm (for group photos).

For books:Must be the original (it is recommended to send a PDF file with a photo of the book via email). If the work submitted for the competition is a translated book, there must be a written agreement between the author, translator and Publisher regarding participation in the competition and receiving the prize (if winning).

2.2. Video clips and initiatives, ideas, and products with foreign information value

For video clips:The dossier includes: Information about the author and author group; an overview of the work (pay attention to highlighting the discoverability, spread, attractiveness, parameters showing spread, Internet addresses where the video clip is spread and shared); must send a DVD or USB or by link to data storage services on the Internet such as Dropbox, Google drive...

Particularly for video clips posted on social networking applications (facebook, tiktok...), copyright requirements must be met, posted on personal accounts and one of the following hashtags must be used in the post: #giaithuongttdn; #ttdn

For initiatives, ideas, and products with foreign information value: The profile includes the content/explanation of the initiative and idea of ​​the specific unit and author and demonstrates the spreading effectiveness of the initiative and idea.

The Council does not return works submitted to the Award.

VI. Prize Structure

- 01 Special Prize: awarded to 01 work with the best content among the works participating in the Award.

- The award is given to works/products in the following categories: (1) Vietnamese printed newspapers; (2) Vietnamese electronic newspapers and websites; (3) Foreign printed newspapers; (4) Foreign electronic newspapers and websites; (5) Radio; (6) Television; (7) Photos; (8) Books; (9) Video clips and (10) initiatives, ideas and products with foreign information value.

- The Prize structure for each category includes: 01 First Prize; 02 Second Prizes; 03 Third Prizes and 05 Consolation Prizes.

- The number of Awards will be decided by the Award Council based on the actual quality of the entries.

VII. Rights of the Award-winning authors

1. For the winning work, the reward includes:

- Logo of the National Award for Foreign Information.

- Award Council Certificate.

- Bonus according to the Prize regulations (special prize: 30 million VND; first prize: 20 million VND; second prize: 15 million VND; third prize: 10 million VND and consolation prize: 5 million VND).

2.Award-winning organizations and individuals are allowed to use and exploit the Award's logo for promotional and propaganda activities; and are rewarded by ministries, branches, agencies and governing units according to the provisions of law.

VIII. Handling complaints, denunciations and violations

1. Individuals have the right to complain about the results of the Award and violations of the regulations, procedures, and processes of the Award. The complaint must clearly state the full name, address, and reason for the complaint and send it to the Award Standing Body. The Award Standing Body is responsible for reviewing and responding to the complaint, reporting the results of the complaint to the Award Council. No complaint with a clear name, address, or impersonation will be considered.

2. The Award Council will revoke the Award and notify the competent authorities to handle the following cases in accordance with the law: (i) works participating in the Award that violate the Press Law, Publishing Law, Copyright Law, Intellectual Property Law, relevant State regulations and this Regulation; (ii) taking advantage of the Award to commit illegal acts. The Council will not consider applications without names, unclear addresses or impersonation.

The revocation of the Award will be announced publicly in the media.

IX. Permanent agency of the award

Nhan Dan Newspaper is the Standing Agency of the 8th National Award for Foreign Information.

Press agencies, publishing agencies, ministries, branches and localities, Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, Vietnamese friendship organizations with other countries, and authors and groups of authors whose works/products comply with the provisions of this Notice select and submit entries for the Award before August 1, 2022 (according to the postmark).

Receiving address:

Office of the Party Committee and mass organizations of Nhan Dan Newspaper, 71 Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.

Phone: 024.39381487

Email: giadoingoailan8@gmail.com

On the envelope, clearly write: Application for the National Award on Foreign Information./.