Prizes of National External Information Service Awards granted to Mexicans

Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duong handed over the third prizes of the 2020 National External Information Service Awards to two Mexican authors at an event held in Mexico City on October 30.
Prizes of National External Information Service Awards granted to Mexicans ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duong (L) hands over the third prize to Mouris Salloum George, President of the Club of Journalists and Editor-in-Chief of Voces Magazine (Source: VNA)

Mexico (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duonghanded over the third prizes of the 2020 National External Information ServiceAwards to two Mexican authors at an event held in Mexico City on October 30.

The prize winners are Ulises Granados Quiroz, Coordinator ofAsia Pacific Studies at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, andMouris Salloum George, President of the Club of Journalists and Editor-in-Chiefof Voces Magazine, who both wrote articles in Spanish on China’s survey vesselHaiyang Dizhi 8’s violations in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone andcondemning China’s actions that infringed the 1982 United Nations Convention onthe Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Duong expressed his hope that the two Mexicans will continuewriting articles on the country and people of Vietnam so as to help improvemutual understanding and sentiments between the Vietnamese and Mexican people.

The authors also promised to write more articles on culture,history and economic achievements of Vietnam as well as the fruitfulrelationship between the two nations.

The 6th National External Information Service Awardsattracted nearly 1,300 entries in 17 languages in various categories, includingprint news in Vietnamese, e-newspapers in Vietnamese, print newspapers inforeign languages, e-newspapers in foreign languages, radio, television,photos, and books. The official awarding ceremony was held in Vietnam in lateJuly./.
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