Paintings of Vietnamese Children’ Fine Arts Awards 2017 on display

(VNF) - 300 paintings created by children from all over Vietnam are on display at the Vietnam Cultural Arts Exhibition Centre (2 Hoa Lu Str., Hai Ba Trung Dist.) in Hanoi starting from May 30^th to June 4^th.

They featuring various themes including the landscapes, festivals, street life, members of their families, their friends and President Ho Chi Minh, were chosen from nearly 72,000 paintings of 1,000 children from schools nationwide which competed in the Vietnamese Children’ Fine Arts Awards 2017.

Paintings on display at the Vietnam Cultural Arts Exhibition Centre. (Photo: FB/Vu Kim Ngoc)

Vuong Duy Bien, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said at the awards ceremony on May 30^th that the awards are held every two years and contribute to the aesthetic education of children.

“Through painting, children will know how to appreciate beauty and become good citizens. They can know how to love and share with others. The awards can also help discover young children who have aptitude for the arts,” he said.

The painting exhibition is part of activities to celebrate the International Children Day and the Vietnam’s 20^th Children Festival at the centre on June 1^st.

At the awards ceremony on May 30^th.

The centre also displays a photo exhibition of traffic safety made by children. The event aims to popularise traffic safety, calling people to respect traffic code to avoid accidents.

Children can also read different kinds of books for free and a children’s playground was also created, as well as two mobile swimming pools./.

Compiled by VNF