Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong attended and awarded the Contest.

After 4 days of exciting competition (from August 9-12), nearly 100 artists and actors from 4 units: Phuong Nam Art Theater, Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College, Hanoi Circus and Variety Arts Theater, Vietnam Circus Federation presented the audience with 20 unique and attractive circus performances.

In his closing speech, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong affirmed: The competition has shown the clear maturity of the young circus performers. Most of the performances were carefully and meticulously staged, with investment in art, technique and performance skills, showing the passion for the profession of the circus performers.

“In today's difficult life, the number of professional circus art units is not much, and now they are facing a reality of increasing decline, requiring units and authorities to pay more attention and create more favorable conditions to keep young actors working with peace of mind and developing their talents,” Deputy Minister Ta Quang Dong emphasized.

Evaluating the artistic quality of the competition, People's Artist Tong Toan Thang, Chairman of the Jury, commented: Compared to the previous competition, the quality of this competition has been significantly improved. Many new young artists have appeared with creativity in performance, showing much promise.

According to the Chairman of the Jury, the competition has gathered many diverse and rich genres of performances, typically: Drumbeating "Echo of the Mountainous Region", Net Swinging and Kicking People "Opposition", Comprehensive Animal Training "Persian Market" by the Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College; Base on Swing, Double Adventure Carousel, Funny Foster Boy by the Vietnam Circus Federation.

Many performances have demonstrated creativity in staging, such as: Silk rope “Thi Kinh’s injustice” (Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College), Double leather rope (Hanoi Circus and Variety Arts Theater), Collective juggling, 4-man image (Phuong Nam Arts Theater)… The participating artists have improved a lot in terms of technique, art, and performance style.

However, the Jury believes that there are still some performances that lack creativity, are not technically advanced, and do not fully demonstrate the actors' abilities, requiring artists to make more efforts to improve their professional expertise.

In the end, the Organizing Committee awarded 3 First Prizes to the performances: Drum pedaling "Echo of the mountainous region" (Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College); Double carousel "Space dance" (Contemporary Circus - Vietnam Circus Federation); Standing carpet spinning (Phuong Nam Arts Theater).

Five Second Prizes were awarded to the acts: "Opposition" (Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College); "Thi Kinh's Injustice" silk rope (Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College); "Love Dream" leather rope for men and women (Hanoi Circus and Variety Arts Theater); "Folk Circus - Vietnam Circus Federation" pole on swing; "Funny Animal Husbandry" mixed animal circus (Animal Training Group - Vietnam Circus Federation).

The Organizing Committee also awarded 1 Outstanding Director Award to Meritorious Artist Ngo Le Thang (Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College) and 1 Outstanding Training Award to artist Tran Duc Vinh (Contemporary Circus Troupe - Vietnam Circus Federation)./.