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The "Vietnam Children's Art Award" exhibition is held every two years, for children aged 5-15, aiming to encourage the development of children's art activities both inside and outside of school.
In 2021, after nearly three months of launching the competition, the Organizing Committee received more than 5,000 entries from 45 provinces/cities and selected 409 works for exhibition. The Organizing Committee awarded 39 individual prizes (3 first prizes, 6 second prizes, 10 third prizes, and 20 consolation prizes) and 10 group prizes.
The selected works vividly portray various themes such as love for the homeland and Vietnam; content about the lives, activities, and playtime of children; children's love for Uncle Ho, their grandparents, parents, and family; issues related to environmental protection, COVID-19 prevention, and the aspiration for a peaceful and happy world.
Next is the exhibition "Mid-Autumn Festival Through the Eyes of Children," which provides an overview of the origins and meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, displays images of President Ho Chi Minh with teenagers and children, his New Year's greetings, poems he sent to children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and introduces traditional craft villages and artisans who make traditional toys.
The exhibition also features images of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Vietnam and some Asian countries, including photos of the Mid-Autumn Festival taken in the early 20th century and images of children in rural areas, highlands, border regions, and islands celebrating the festival. Traditional Mid-Autumn toys such as star lanterns, spinning lanterns, revolving lanterns, frog drums, hand-shaker drums, papier-mâché masks, tin toy boats, paper doctor figures, old men with sticks watching the moon, lion heads, clay figurines, drumming rabbits, kites with whistles, bamboo dragonflies, etc., are displayed in the form of art installations.
On the online platform at the website address:http://ape.gov.vn andhttp://trienlamvhnt.vnThe exhibition features 120 paintings by children with the theme "Vietnam's Steadfast Faith," aiming to encourage, support, and express gratitude to the frontline forces in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
The exhibition also showcased innovative technology applications under the theme "Experience and Learn About Mid-Autumn Festival with Children," introducing intelligent robots – Vietnamese artificial intelligence robots – through activities such as communication, storytelling, problem-solving, and poetry recitation.
