The second National Journalism Awards ceremony was held in Hanoi on June 21 by the Council for National Journalism and the Vietnam Journalists’ Association.

Present at the event were State President Nguyen Minh Triet, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Head of its Commission for Education and Communication, To Huy Rua, and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan, President of the Fatherland Front of Vietnam Huynh Dam and representatives from various ministries, departments and agencies.