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The OANA Awards was held in three categories:

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The following topics were selected for the OANA Awards:

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Malaysia-Vietnam Business Ties Can Bolster Supply Chains, Boost Intra-ASEAN Trade, Says MATRADE 
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LTdL 2026: Riley Powers To Rembau Triumph As Lennart Tightens Grip On Orange Jersey
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Singapore, Malaysia To Strengthen Supply Chain Resilience, Expand Halal Cooperation
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Asian Games 2026: Malaysian Pocket Rocketman Bounces Back To Claim Sprint Bronze
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Malaysia's Role In LNG Canada Expansion Could Unlock Wider Investment
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Russian Delegation Leaves Here
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International Day of Older Persons Marked in DPRK
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Sangwon Cement Complex Fulfills Third-Quarterly National Economic Plan
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Kyongam Barbecue Restaurant Inaugurated in Sariwon City of DPRK
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Women’s Union Officials and Members Visit Party Founding Museum
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Founding Anniversary of Samsin Coal Mine Observed
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Founding Anniversary of Jagang Provincial Sci-Tech Library Marked
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Founding Anniversary of Chongjin O Jung Hup University of Education Marked
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Pyongyang University of Education, Reliable Teacher-training Institution
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Founding Anniversary of Pyongyang University of Education No. 2 Observed
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Int'l Scientific Conference for Marking 80th Birthday of Kim Il Sung University Held
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National Meeting Held to Mark 80th Founding Anniversary of Kim Il Sung University
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Chinese Ambassador to DPRK Hosts Reception
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Folk Customs of DPRK Seen in October
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International Day of Older Persons Marked
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First University of People in DPRK
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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Letter from Participants in Int'l Scientific Conference
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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Message of Greeting to Comrade Xi Jinping
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Comrade Kim Jong Un's Speech at Celebration of 80th Founding Anniversary of Kim Il Sung University
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Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Pays Congratulatory Visit to Kim Il Sung University on Its 80th Founding Anniversary
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Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK
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National Heritage Preservation Brisk in DPRK
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Wonsan Barbeque Restaurant Inaugurated in DPRK
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20th National Machine Design Festival Closes
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KCNA Commentary on Japan's Moves to Expand Powder Magazine
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Exhibition of Advanced Science and Technology and Products-2026 Opens
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DPRK Women's Footballers Advance to Finals of 20th Asian Games
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Reception Given to Mark 77th Birthday of PRC
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Second DPRK-Russia Rector Forum Held
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Delegation of DPRK Ministry of National Defence Returns Home
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Head of DPRK Delegation Makes Speech at 81st Session of UN General Assembly
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Minister of Education of DPRK Meets Russian Personages
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Delegation of DPRK Ministry of National Defence Visits Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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Dredging Project Propelled in Land and Maritime Transport Sector
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Work for Independent Development Hastened in South hamgyong Province of DPRK
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Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK
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DPRK Comes Second at 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
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DPRK Wins More Medals at Asian Games
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Progress Made in Juche-based Iron Production
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More Barbecue Restaurants Built in DPRK
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Quality and Kinds of Condiments Improved in DPRK
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Successes Made by Ryongaksan Spring Water Factory
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Exhibition of Donation to Kim Il Sung University Held
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South Korean Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan (L) holds talks with Vietnamese Science and Technology Minister Vu Hai Quan (R) during their meeting in Seoul on Sept. 30, 2026, in this photo released by the South Korean industry ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) (END)
Industry minister meets Vietnamese science minister
Mountaineers walk through a trail on Mount Seorak in Sokcho on South Korea's northeastern province of Gangwon on Sept. 30, 2026, as trees on the mountain turn autumn colors of red and yellow. A definition by the Korea Meteorological Administration says that the start of the changing of the leaves is pronounced when 20 percent of the mountain's trees from its peak are tinged. Fall foliage is expected to reach peak color around mid and late October, when 80 percent of the trees on the mountain are tinged with
Autumn leaves on Mount Seorak
In photos: On frontline of fighting fire
President Lee Jae Myung (5th from L) attends a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 29, 2026. (Pool photo) (Yonhap) (END)
Lee attends Cabinet meeting
Lee Woo-seok of South Korea shoots an arrow during a round of 16 men's individual recurve archery match against Reza Shabani of Iran at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at the Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 29, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea-Iran archery match at Asian Games
Members of the Coast Guard on patrol boats engage in an operation on the waterway of the North Port Waterfront Park in the southeastern port city of Busan on Sept. 28, 2026, to guide a copper shark with a length of about 4 meters to the open sea after the shark, whose nickname "Bukangi" has been circulating online, was found in the waterway on Sept. 18. (Yonhap) (END)
Operation to lead shark to open sea from waterfront park in S. Korea
In photos: Iran’s water polo team defeats South Korea at 2026 Asian Games
In photos: St. George commemoration ceremony at Tehran’s Saint George Church
In photos: Weightlifting at 2026 Asian Games
In photos: Weightlifting at 2026 Asian Games
Woo Sang-hyeok of South Korea holds the South Korean flag after winning the bronze medal in the men's high jump final at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
High jumper Woo Sang-hyeok wins bronze at Asian Games
In photos: Weightlifting at 2026 Asian Games
South Korean players pose for a photo during the medal ceremony after beating Japan 27-23 to win the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's handball gold at Entrio in Inazawa in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 27, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea wins Asiad handball gold
People stroll along a field of red spider lilies at a park in Jeju on South Korea's largest island of the same name on Sept. 28, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
Field of red spider lilies
Iranian fallow deer
In photos: Tehran welcomes students back as new school year begins
In photos: street theater festival held in Iran’s Lahijan
In photos: Iran’s urial sheep in Fars Province’s mountain ecosystems
This photo provided by Samsung C&T on Sept. 21, 2026, shows special Chuseok events to take place at Everland during the upcoming holiday period from Sept. 24-27. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) (END)
Special Chuseok event
Chey Tae-won, president of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, speaks during an opening ceremony of the 2026 Korea Social Value Festa at COEX in southern Seoul on Sept. 21, 2026 (Yonhap) (END)
Korea Social Value Festa
Volunteers make "songpyeon," a traditional rice cake enjoyed during Chuseok, for delivery to people in need at the Incheon chapter of the Korean Red Cross in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 21, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
Chuseok songpyeong
In photos: Opening week of Iranian Women’s Football Pro League
Workers cut grass around a royal tomb from the Silla Dynasty (57 BC-AD 935) in the ancient city of Gyeongju, southeastern South Korea, on Sept. 18, 2026, ahead of Chuseok, the major Korean harvest festival that falls on Sept. 25 this year. Mowing grass around ancestors' tombs is part of Koreans' preparations for the observation of Chuseok. (Yonhap) (END)
Tidying up royal tombs ahead of holiday
South Korean players celebrate after defeating Malaysia 106-40 in a women's basketball group-stage game at the Asian Games at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 18, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea-Malaysia basketball match at Asian Games
Volunteers make "jeon," or Korean-style pancakes, one of the popular offerings for Korean holiday rituals, in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 18, 2026, to deliver them to impoverished people ahead of Chuseok, the Korean harvest holiday that falls on Sept. 25 this year and is part of a four-day break. (Yonhap) (END)
Preparing for holiday
South Korean Prime Minister Han Seong-sook (R) poses for a photo with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov during their meeting at the government complex in Seoul on Sept. 17, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
PM Han meets Kyrgyz president
South Korean table tennis player Shin Yu-bion (L) and badminton player Seo Seung-jae meet the press at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on Sept. 17, 2026, before their departure for Nagoya, Japan, to take part in the Sept. 19-Oct. 4 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korean delegation for Asian Games
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) holds talks with International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 17, 2026. (Pool photo) (Yonhap) (END
Lee meets IEA chief
In photos: Grape festival held in Iran’s Urmia
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) poses for a photo with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ahead of their summit talks at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 15, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea-Kazakhstan summit
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (3rd from R) and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon (3rd from L) hold summit talks at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Sept. 16, 2026. Rahmon is in the South Korean capital to attend the first South Korea-Central Asia Summit. (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea-Tajikistan summit
A practitioner from Belgium performs a kick at the World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships 2026 at the Songam Sports Town Air Dome in Chuncheon, the capital of South Korea's northeast province of Gangwon, on Sept. 16, 2026. Poomsae refers to a set of patterns of the Korean martial arts. (Yonhap) (END)
Taekwondo Poomsae Championships
In photos: PUK leader meets Iran FM in Tehran
In photos: Andrei Stenin Int’l Press Photo Contest Exhibition in Tehran
In photos: Tehran International Auto Show opens
A group of licensed auctioneers takes part in an auction at a wholesale fruit market in Incheon, west of Seoul, on Sept. 15, 2025, ahead of the Chuseok traditional holiday, which falls on Sept. 25 this year. Apples, persimmons and other fruits are popular offerings for Korean holiday rituals. (Yonhap) (END)
Bidding at fruit market ahead of holiday
South Korean Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan (4th from L) and his counterparts from the five Central Asian countries -- Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan -- pose for a group photo during their consultative mechanism meeting in Seoul, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea-Central Asia industry ministers' meeting
The PanStar Acro, a 2,800-TEU container ship with ice-breaking capability suited for polar navigation, arrives at a port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Sept. 13, 2026, in this provided photo, following its first trial voyage to reach the destination via the Arctic route from the southeastern port city of Busan in South Korea. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea's 1st trial voyage reaches Rotterdam via Arctic route
In photos: People explore historical sites along Aras River in northwestern Iran
In photos: Celebrated Iranian filmmaker Alireza Davoodnejad receives first-grade Medal of Art
National Bonab Kebab Festival showcases Iran’s culinary heritage
People visit Hamdeok Beach on the southern resort island of Jeju on Sept. 12, 2026, where a leisure festival is under way. (Yonhap) (END)
Emerald sea
Lee Sang-hyeok, better known as Faker of esports team T1, checks his equipment before the 2026 LCK playoff final qualification match at KSPO Dome in Seoul on Sept. 12, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
Faker at LCK playoffs
Robert Moreno, recently named interim head coach of the men's national football team, responds to questions from the press after arriving at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Sept. 13, 2026. (Yonhap) (END)
Men's nat'l football coach Moreno
Iran’s Armenian Olympics held in Tehran
National Bonab Kebab Festival showcases Iran’s culinary heritage
President Lee Jae Myung (L), alongside his wife, Kim Hea Kyung, waves upon arrival at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Sept. 10, 2026, wrapping up a four-day state visit to France. (Yonhap) (END)
Lee returns home from France trip
Workers process parcels for door-to-door delivery services at a logistics center of Korea Post, the state postal service, in Seoul on Sept. 11, 2026, ahead of Chuseok, the Korean harvest holiday, which falls on Sept. 25 this year and is part of a four-day break. Many Koreans exchange gifts during the holiday. (Yonhap) (END)
Door-to-door delivery service before Chuseok holiday
South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back (L) and Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ivan Anusic pose for a photo in Zagreb on Sept. 10, 2026, after signing a defense deal worth some 640 billion won (US$477 million), under which Hanwha Aerospace Co. will export 18 Chunmoo multiple launch rocket systems to Croatia, in this photo provided by the South Korean defense ministry. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) (END)
S. Korea to export 19 Chunmoo rocket launchers to Croatia
Swamp foxtail grasses shine beautifully along the Geum River in the central city of Sejong on Sept. 8, 2026, amid cool autumn weather. The plant is often dubbed the "feast of autumn." (Yonhap) (END)
Feast of autumn
Russian aircraft delivers emergency relief goods to Hue
State President meets with US President, world leaders in RoK
Dong Van Karst Plateau honored as Asia’s leading regional cultural destination 2025
Craftsmanship showcases Vietnamese artistry at Autumn Fair
Hoi An shines as Asia’s top historic gem
New model of elder care offers companionship and support
Party organisations step up preparations for upcoming congresses
Vietnamese singer wins Intervision 2025 in Russia
Vietnam tourism: Majestic nature
SAMA Governor Meets with Governor of Central Bank of Syria to Enhance Cooperation
Countervailing tax and its impact on FDI attraction into Vietnam
Memorable moments from VNA’s 80th anniversary celebration
AI opens new opportunities for Vietnam – China cooperation in auto industry
“Red Rain” – Vietnam’s highest-grossing film of all time
Remarkable moments from 80th National Day parade
VR experience a highlight at National Achievements Exhibition
Braving sun and rain to watch the second grand rehearsal
Patriotic trend through red flag with golden star accessories
250 projects start work to mark 80th National Day anniversary
State President holds talks with King of Bhutan
Phat Tich Pagoda Vietnamese spirit in the heart of Vientiane
“Love for the fatherland” beats strong in the heart of today’s generation
“Golden opportunity” for Vietnamese enterprises to expand rice exports to Canada
Pagodas join hands in promoting Khmer script and language
New heart lungs and hope after Vietnam's landmark transplant
Impressive sight of 68 marching soldiers at a 50,000 strong concert
“Colours from the Tropics” brings Vietnam’s charm to Moscow’s heart
Hanoi to build 13,000m² theater on Dam Tri Lake
Homes of compassion, built with love
Vietnam allocates nearly 21 billion USD to social welfare in H1
Exhibition honours imprisoned revolutionaries
New bilingual book illustrates Ho Chi Minh’s life journey
PM Pham Minh Chinh attends opening plenary of WEF Tianjin 2025
A revolutionary legacy in print
Enterprises at forefront of strengthening Vietnam–France economic ties
Hanoi welcomes first arrivals for National Day parade
Deepening Vietnam’s ties with France, Sweden, and Estonia
Lang Son joins UNESCO’s global geoparks network
French President begins state visit to Vietnam
Vietnam’s specialty coffee fetches record export price
President Ho Chi Minh’s deep affection for the People’s Army of Vietnam
Vietnam joins 2025 SelectUSA Investment Summit
VIP tourist train connecting Hai Phong and Hanoi launched
UN Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025 opens in HCM City
Commemorative ceremony and parade marking 50th anniversary of National Reunification
Full-dress rehearsal for grand parade marking 50th reunification anniversary held
Hélène Luc: Vietnam My second homeland
Innovation summit highlights Vietnam’s strategic shift to high tech and sustainability
Over 200,000 substandard homes rebuilt nationwide so far
Vietnamese artist crafts portraits of national heroes with a hammer
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