The judges awarded prizes to nearly half of the 513 entries submitted for consideration at the festival.
TranBinh Minh, General Director of Vietnam Television and chairman of thefestival organisers, said the entries reflected many aspects of life inthe country and were produced using new technology.
However, headded that many of them were not creative enough and he expected abreakthrough at next year's festival in Quang Binh province.
Theaward winners covered the protection of Vietnamese sovereignty overHoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) achipelagoes; andenvironmental protection at a time of rising pollution and illegaldeforestation.
This year's festival welcomed 116 production unitswith over 500 programmes based on music, children's programmes,documentaries, reports, science and education, talk shows, ethniclanguages and television series.
It was the second time that Hue has hosted the annual event, which aims to honour television workers around the country.-VNA