Musician Tran Tien was honored with the Grand Prize

On the evening of October 3, in Hanoi, the Sports and Culture Newspaper organized the 18th Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi - 2025. Attending the award ceremony were Party Central Committee member, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Chairman of the Vietnam Journalists Association Le Quoc Minh; Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Truong Viet Dung.

The Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi was established by the Sports and Culture newspaper (Vietnam News Agency) and the family of the late painter Bui Xuan Phai in 2008, to award authors, works, ideas, and jobs of high scientific and artistic value, imbued with love for Hanoi. This year's Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi takes place on the occasion of the 71st Anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954 - October 10, 2025).

The organizing committee honored the 11 official nominees for the award categories. Photo: TTVH

Speaking at the award ceremony, journalist Nguyen Thien Thuat, Editor-in-Chief of Sports and Culture Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee, member of the Jury, emphasized that in the context of the country facing new opportunities and challenges, the Bui Xuan Phai Award - For the Love of Hanoi continues to be a place to honor the hearts, minds and hands that have, are and will contribute to the Capital. Each work, each project, each initiative honored is a testament to the immortal love for Hanoi, to the aspiration to build a civilized and modern Capital, but still preserving its core and identity.

Based on the list of 11 official nominations, the Grand Prize - For the Love of Hanoi and 4 equal prizes for the categories: Work Prize (2 prizes), Idea Prize, and Work Prize.

Musician Tran Tien improvised a performance at the awards ceremony. Photo: TTVH

The Grand Prize – For the Love of Hanoi was awarded to musician Tran Tien, for contributing to Hanoi songs imbued with the cultural heritage of the Red River, the Old Quarter, and the Doai region…

Tran Tien is one of the musicians who left a special mark in the contemporary Vietnamese music scene. In his compositions, Hanoi stands out as a strong “source”. The musician’s treasure trove of compositions about Hanoi includes “Red River Improvisation”, “Red River Traveler”, “Hanoi in those days”, “Hanoi in the 2000s”, “Street Improvisation”, “Poor Street”, “Little Sun”, “My Mother”, “Homeland”…

Hanoi in Tran Tien's music is not limited to a city, but becomes a symbol of the convergence between tradition and modernity, between streets and villages, between the flow of alluvium and the sediment of memories. Tran Tien depicts Hanoi not only through place names, but also through an open cultural space, full of vitality and imbued with Vietnamese soul. It can be said that Tran Tien has made a special contribution to depicting Hanoi through music. His songs have contributed to enriching Hanoi's musical identity, making Hanoi a cultural symbol in the spiritual life of Vietnamese people.

Painter Pham Binh Chuong and his series of works "Going to the Street" were awarded the Work - For the Love of Hanoi prize. Photo: TTVH

The Work Award - For the Love of Hanoi was given to the series of paintings about Hanoi by artist Pham Binh Chuong in 20 years of "Xuong pho". At the end of 2024, artist Pham Binh Chuong "launched" the exhibition "Xuong pho 4" as a summary of his 20-year journey of only painting Hanoi and 25 years of devoting himself to the path of realistic painting, creating a "name" that is synonymous with the theme of Hanoi. The beauty of every corner of Hanoi's streets is painted by artist Pham Binh Chuong with real experiences, emotions, and perspectives, completely originating from the reality of Hanoi. There are also hidden cultural stories, changes in the times that only those who love Hanoi very much and think about this place constantly can see, and then use the language of painting to express.

The musical "Fire from the Earth" by the Youth Theatre was awarded the Work Award - For the Love of Hanoi. Photo: TTVH

The second work to receive the award was the musical “Fire from the Earth” by the Youth Theatre. The musical “Fire from the Earth” is considered an epic about Hanoi in the 1930s and the people who made history. This is a special work of art, built not only as a simple theatrical work but also as a serious effort to recreate, preserve and honor an extremely important part of the history of the capital and the whole country.

The center of the play is the portrait of comrade Nguyen Ngoc Vu, the first official Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee. Through this image, the musical not only tells the story of a historical figure with ideals but also depicts the growth of the Communist Party of Vietnam from its early days. From influencing his family, neighbors, fellow prisoners to Hanoi intellectuals, comrade Nguyen Ngoc Vu spread the revolutionary flame to all classes of people. “Fire from the Earth” symbolizes the light that the Party lit in the darkness of the colonial regime, born from the hearts of the people, fueled by the desire for independence and freedom.

The play is directed by Meritorious Artist Cao Ngoc Anh, written by playwright Le Quy Hien; music director by musician Bui Minh Dao; stage director by Dao Duy Anh; stage designer by People's Artist Doan Bang; choreographer by People's Artist Tran Ly Ly... with the participation of Meritorious Artist Thanh Tam, actors Le Viet Anh, Nguyen Dinh Khanh, Bui Thu Trang...

Vietnam Exhibition Center was awarded the Job - For the Love of Hanoi award. Photo: TTVH

The Job Award – For the Love of Hanoi was given to the Vietnam Exhibition Center - a new "wonder" in Hanoi, a construction miracle in Vietnam.

Vietnam Exhibition Center (VEC) started construction on August 30, 2024 on a scale of more than 900,000 square meters, and handed over the site on June 27, 2025 - after only nearly 10 months of construction, 15 months ahead of schedule.

This project is also positioned to become the largest exhibition center complex in Southeast Asia and among the top 10 largest exhibition complexes in the world, with the expectation of contributing to introducing and connecting Vietnamese businesses with international businesses through exhibition activities.

The architecture of the project bears the image of the Golden Turtle God - one of the four sacred gods in Eastern culture, associated with the legend of the Golden Turtle God protecting the land of Co Loa, Dong Anh, a land of talented people. With its unique design, the project is worthy of being a symbol of architecture and fine arts - an important highlight of Hanoi, contributing to raising the position of Vietnam on the international map.

It can host large exhibition events, providing a unique experience for visitors and facilitating transactions between buyers and exhibitors. This architecture also offers flexibility and efficiency for smaller exhibitions, as each section can be separated by movable partitions, allowing organizers to flexibly and proactively arrange the space optimally and effectively for any exhibition idea.

With its special scale, the Vietnam Exhibition Center is built as a large-scale, modern, symbolic economic, cultural, sports and tourism complex of the capital Hanoi, forming an "exhibition city" to serve the organization of national and international events and fairs.

The project to build the Hanoi Opera House and the cultural and artistic park in Quang An (Tay Ho ward) was awarded the Idea - For the Love of Hanoi award. Photo: TTVH

The Idea Award – For the Love of Hanoi belongs to the Project to build the Hanoi Opera House and the cultural and artistic park in Quang An (Tay Ho Ward). This project is part of the detailed planning project of the central spatial axis of the Quang An peninsula, scale 1/500, approved by the Hanoi People's Committee in November 2024. The Hanoi Opera House is considered a key project contributing to raising the status of the Capital.

According to the approved project, the total planning area of more than 44 hectares in the two wards of Quang An and Tu Lien, Tay Ho district (old) will be planned into a complex of specialized cultural and artistic parks, a city theater, religious and belief works, entertainment areas and commercial hotel services. Located in the center of this complex, the Theater on Dam Tri lake, right next to West Lake, is considered a major cultural project, aiming to attract tourists from all over the world to Hanoi and become a symbol of the beauty of Hanoi.

The theater project was designed by the famous Italian architect Renzo Piano - a giant of modern architecture with works that changed the world. Not only does it have the most unique roof in the world, the Hanoi Opera House also applies many advanced technologies and design techniques, suitable for the requirements of each art program.

In particular, the Hanoi Opera House promises to be a project built to honor Hanoi culture. Before coming up with the idea to design this project, architect Renzo Piano spent many years researching Hanoi's historical culture. He brought Hanoi's inspiration into the design of the theater, with a dome shaped like the waves of West Lake, soft and poetic.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/nhac-si-tran-tien-duoc-vinh-danh-giai-thuong-lon-vi-tinh-yeu-ha-noi-nam-2025-718354.html