Qa'dah 10, 1431, Oct 18, 2010, SPA -- The Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz bin Muhaydin Khoja received here today the first award obtained by the Ministry of Culture and Information in the field of application of governmental information technology on the sidelines of the exhibition "GITEX," which opened in Dubai on Sunday. The Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information for Planning and Studies and General Supervisor of Information Technology, Dr. Abdulaziz bin Sultan Al-Melhem has disclosed that 250 competitors representing 250 bodies in the Middle East participated in the contest, noting that the Ministry ranked in the first position among 35 governmental bodies nominated for the award.