VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang (left) and winners of the awards. (Photo: VNA) TheGrand Prize is among awards announced at the 14th Bui Xuan Phai -- For the Loveof Hanoi Awards on October 28 by TheThao & Van Hoa (Culture & Sports) daily under Vietnam News Agency.
Theawards were launched in 2008 by the paper and family of the late artist BuiXuan Phai.
Theawards aim to honour the contributions of individuals and organisations to Hanoiand their love for the capital city.
Dangis honoured for his compositions about Hanoi including two prominentsongs entitled Hoa Sua (MilkwoodPine Flower) and Ky Niem Thanh Pho TuoiTho (Memories of Childhood City).
Thesong Hoa Sua served as the mainsoundtrack for the movie Hanoi Mua ChimLam To (Nesting Season in Hanoi) in 1978.
Likemany famous songs that were originally from the movie, Hoa Sua became popular even though thelyrics do not include the word Hanoi.
Bornin Yen Thanh district, the central province of Nghe An, Dang came to Hanoi tostudy at the first generation of Vietnam National Academy of Music.
"Thejury made a good decision to give the Grand Prize to musician Hong Dang,"said Do Hong Quan, Chairman of Vietnam Union of Literaryand Arts Associations.
"Inthe context of the pandemic, the honour of a musician proves that musichas the effect of encouraging the spirit and refreshing the human soul."
Atthe awards ceremony held in Hanoi on October 28, three other awards weregiven, including The Work Prize; The Job Prize and The Idea Prize.
Germanphotographer Thomas Billhardt took The Work Prize for his photo book andphoto exhibition Hanoi 1967-1975.
Hisphoto exhibition held last October introduced for the first time in Vietnamsome 130 black-and-white and colour photos taken during his trips to thecountry. The exhibition provides an honest view of the city from 1967 to 1975.
"Thiswonderful award is not for me and my photos," Billhardt said in a videomessage.
"Italso honours the book designers, the publisher, Goethe Institute in Vietnam andfor all involved to do this project."
Twonominations out of four in total are given The Idea Prize. The winners are theidea of building an underground highway and renovating the To Lich Riverinto a historical, cultural and spiritual park and the Red River urbansubdivision planning project.
TheTo Lich River project was initiated by Nhat Viet Environment Company.It made a proposal to the Hanoi authorities to recover the river, whichwas once one of the capital city’s most beautiful.
Meanwhile,the Red River project highlights a fresh environment in the future riversidecity. About 70 percent of the area ideally will be for tree growing and publicspace.
Beatingtwo strong contenders in The Job Prize, the COVID-19 vaccination campaign andefforts of Hanoi City's COVID-19 prevention and control forces was thewinner./.
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