President Luong Cuong at the award ceremony of the national contest on defending the Party’s ideological foundations in Hanoi on October 22, 2025 (Photo: Viet Cuong/VOV)

Awards were also given to senior authors, young authors, and 20 promising works by Youth Union members and other young writers. 20 outstanding collectives were honored with group awards.

Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, said this year’s contest received a record 542,000 entries, up 73,000 from last year.

Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theory Council, speaks at the award ceremony. (Photo: Viet Cuong/VOV)

The contest recorded growth in both quantity and quality of submissions, with broader and more diverse participation, said Thang, noting the involvement of international scholars and political figures, including the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Switzerland, and leading Marxist researchers from major institutes in China and Laos.

Politburo member and State President Luong Cuong and Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu present the A prizes to the winners. (Photo: Viet Cuong/VOV)
“Numerous entries proposed innovative and practical solutions in the digital era. The success of the contest this year and over the past five years has been an important foundation to continue to renew thinking, content, and methods of defending the Party’s ideological foundation in the nation’s new era of development,” according to Thang.