The event was attended by Politburo members including Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong and Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang.

The contest was jointly held by the People’s Army Newspaper, the Vietnam Journalists’ Association and the Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank.

According to the Organising Committee, the results of the contest have made an important contribution to the effective implementation of the Politburo’s Resolution No.35-NQ/TW, dated October 22, 2018, on “strengthening the protection of the Party’s ideological foundation and refuting wrongful and hostile views in the new situation”.

Speaking at the award ceremony, Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet, member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, emphasised that protecting the Party's ideological foundation is protecting the correctness, stature, scientific, revolutionary and humanistic nature of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought, as well as protecting the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws, causing the Party's ideology to spread and penetrate deeply into the political and spiritual life of the society.

The second prize winners at the ceremony.

The contest attracted the participation of more than 500 entries from 30 press agencies across the country. A total of one first prize, five second prizes, seven third prizes and 15 consolation prizes were presented to the most outstanding entries.

The first prize went to an article entitled “Protecting the basic ideas of Party building” by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Dinh Huynh, former director of the Institute of Party Building under the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

Strategy for building rule-of-law socialist State debated

Representatives from ministries and agencies, experts and scientists contributed their opinions to the first draft of the project to build a strategy for building and perfecting a rule-of-law socialist State till 2030 with orientations to 2045, at a meeting on April 18.

Vietnam makes consistent efforts to coordinate economic, social policies

Coordinating economic and social policies and working to ensure that economic growth is accompanied by social progress and equality in every stage, every policy, and throughout the development is a principled requirement to guarantee the country’s healthy and sustainable development.

Bac Giang focuses on construction to soon put social housing projects into use

(BGO) -  Facing the increasing demand for worker housing in the locality while many boarding houses fail to meet standards in both quantity and quality, Bac Giang province has implemented a series of social housing projects. Currently, the provincial authorities and investors are focusing on removing obstacles and speeding up the construction progress to soon put the projects into use.

Seminar highlights some theoretical and practical issues of socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam

A scientific seminar was held in Hanoi on March 25, highlighting values of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s article on some theoretical and practical issues of socialism and the path towards socialism in Vietnam.

Nearly 6.4 million poor households provided with social policy loans

Nearly 6.4 million poor and near-poor households had access to loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) as of December 31, 2021.

Source: NDO