On the evening of December 7, in Hanoi, the awarding ceremony of the art photo contest with the theme “Proud of a frontier” was held by the Central Propaganda Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Sports. Sports and Tourism, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, the Vietnam Association of Photographers and related organizations.

Attending the ceremony were Politburo members: General Ngo Xuan Lich, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Minister of National Defense; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department Vo Van Thuong, Head of the Central Steering Committee for External Information Work; the Secretary of the Party Central Committee: Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Tran Thanh Man; General Luong Cuong, Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army; Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council Nguyen Xuan Thang; together with leaders of central departments, ministries and branches; leaders of border provinces and cities, leaders of major press agencies; representatives of news agencies, newspapers, publications and award-winning authors. On the side of the Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, there were members of the Party Central Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities Do Van Chien.