137 individuals were awarded prizes in the contest to protect the Party's ideological foundation.

On the evening of October 22, President Luong Cuong attended and awarded prizes for the 5th political contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation in 2025, held at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (Hanoi).

President Luong Cuong attended the award ceremony on the evening of October 22.

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Also attending were Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu, Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, and many leaders of the Party and State.

President Luong Cuong and delegates attending the ceremony

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At the award ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics , Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Head of the Competition Steering Committee, said that the competition showed its appeal, continuity, and persistence, while marking a creative and effective step in the work of protecting the Party's ideological foundation.

"In the context of preparing and organizing Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Congress of the Party and implementing the Party's strategic decisions, this year's contest is truly a practical activity contributing to arousing and strengthening patriotism, national pride, and development aspirations in every cadre, party member and people. This is demonstrated through the wide spread of the contest, with 541,766 works, an increase of 73,000 works compared to 2024," said Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang added that this year's contest has the participation of a number of foreign scholars and politicians, such as the General Secretary of the Swiss Communist Party, a number of leading Marxist research experts from major research institutes in China, and officials from the Lao National Academy of Politics and Public Administration...

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At the ceremony, President Luong Cuong and leaders of central departments, ministries and branches awarded 137 individual prizes, including 12 A prizes, 23 B prizes, 36 C prizes, and 66 consolation prizes. At the same time, the Steering Committee awarded 20 promising prizes to union members and youths whose entries achieved high quality; and 20 prizes to units and localities with good results in organizing the competition at the grassroots and central levels.

President Luong Cuong and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu congratulated the authors and groups of authors who won the A prize.

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The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union received the award for outstanding collectives in the 5th political contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation in 2025.

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Delivering a speech directing and launching the 6th political contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation in 2026, Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee of the contest affirmed that, with the mark, position and wide influence that has been created over the past 5 years, the political contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation will continue to innovate in both content and form, closely following the increasingly high requirements of practice to better and more effectively serve the political tasks of the Party, the State as well as of agencies, units and localities.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/137-ca-nhan-duoc-trao-giai-cuoc-thi-bao-ve-nen-tang-tu-tuong-cua-dang-185251023004559548.htm