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| Comrade Nguyen Manh Hung, member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Information and Communications, spoke at the ceremony. (Photo: Organizing Committee) |
On the evening of December 11, 2024, at the Hanoi Opera House, the Ministry of Information and Communications held the Opening Ceremony of the exhibition and announced the awards of the "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam 2024" photo and video contest.
Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Manh Hung, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Information and Communications affirmed that the Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition and Announcement of the Awards of the Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam" in 2024 is an important event to honor people across the country, overseas Vietnamese, and international friends who apply digital technology to create photos and videos about the country and people of Vietnam.
According to the Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, the creativity and vitality of the People from the first contest in 2023 have spread nationwide and around the world. After the award ceremony last year, the Ministry of Information and Communications organized 15 exhibitions at home and abroad and transferred them to ministries, departments, agencies and many localities to organize exhibitions at major foreign affairs activities. The Organizing Committee sent the works to the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, Australia, Sweden, Italy and many representative agencies abroad... to organize the exhibition.
The 2024 contest was launched on a national scale, with close and effective coordination between local leaders, Departments of Information and Communications; Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Literature and Arts Associations of provinces and cities. Last year, the contest attracted more than 7,000 entries, this year the number has increased to more than 10,300 entries from nearly 6,900 authors, including 600 foreign authors and nearly 270 overseas Vietnamese authors. On the Vietnam.vn platform, there have been more than 90 million visits, of which over 35% are from abroad. After many days of serious and impartial work, the Jury and Organizing Committee selected 60 videos and 150 photos to display at the exhibition, of which 34 best works were awarded.
According to the Organizing Committee, this is the second year the Contest has been organized online on the Vietnam Image Promotion Platform at: https://vietnam.vn. Compared to 2023, the Contest has had a strong spread when all 63 provinces and cities have authors participating. Hanoi is leading in the number of entries, followed by Quang Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City. As a result, after 7 months of launching (from March 20, 2024 to October 15, 2024), the Organizing Committee received more than 10,300 photo and video entries./.