Launching the science and technology journalism award 2012

On December 29, the Ministry of Science and Technology launched a journalism award about science and technology in 2012.

Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Le Dinh Tien (middle) hopes that the prize will get many good quality articles.

This is the first journalism award organized by the industry in order to honor the authors who have excellent journalistic works on Vietnamese science and technology published on mainstream media.

According to Decision No. 1638 / QD-BKHCN of the Minister of Science and Technology, this award will be held annually.

In addition to acknowledging and honoring the authors of outstanding journalism, this award also motivates journalists and press agencies to actively participate in propaganda about science and technology. This will be a leverage to quickly bring research results to life, production and business.

In 2012, the prize will be applied to print, electronic newspaper, radio and television with the first prize structure, 2 second prizes, 3 third prizes and 5 encouragement prizes.

Time for receiving cards is calculated from January 1 to December 31, 2012. The organizers will announce the award in the middle of January 2013.