The National Book Awards 2019 are presented at a ceremony on December 26 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Outstanding books and collections of Vietnam werehonoured at a ceremony held last night at Vietnam's national radio stationVoice of Vietnam.
The National Book Awards 2019 were hosted by the Ministry of Information andCommunications and organised by the Vietnam Publishers’ Association and theNational Book Prize Council.
The annual state awards are presented to books and collections for valuedcontent in terms of ideology, knowledge and aestheticism.
The awards aim to honour writers, translators, scientists and publishersnationwide as well as discover, preserve and promote works that are valuable toreaders.
They are also expected to stimulate the publishing field to develop in theright direction and in line with integration.
The awards are presented in five fields: politics and economics; science andtechnology; social science and humanity; culture, literature and arts;children.
According to Hoang Phong Ha, the vice chairman of the prize council, 42publishing houses with 355 books and 259 titles participated in the awards thisyear.
“The council have worked seriously and objectively to select the most outstandingbooks to grant the awards,” he said.
Awards were given to 27 books and collections, among which are two won Aawards, 13 received B awards and 12 claimed C awards.
Specifically, A awards were granted to collections entitled Fauna of Vietnam (fromvolume No 26 to 31) and Flora of Vietnam (from Volume 12 to 21) by a group ofauthors. Another went to The Southern Land of Vietnam - The Process ofFormation and Development by professor of history Phan Huy Le.
The awarded works were praised for their creativity, thorough humanity,scientific, social and practical values.
According to the vice chairman of the Vietnam Publishers’ Association, theawards this year had improved from the previous seasons.
Firstly, the organisation and regulations were improved based on previousexperience.
Secondly, the awards were classified into A, B and C awards. The number ofawards decreased compared with the previous year, but their quality increasedas well as the prize money. An A award is worth 100 million VND (4,300 USD), Bis 50 million VND (2,150 USD) and C 30 million VND (1,300 USD).
The awards attracted the involvement of society, receiving much support fromenterprises and sponsors and were broadcast widely via various media outlets,he added./.
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