Speaking at the award ceremony, Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Do Dinh Hong, Head of the Organizing Committee of the contest, said that the organization of the contest had been carried out thoroughly and methodically; from developing a plan to issuing the contest rules, developing criteria and organizing the selection of works.

According to Mr. Do Dinh Hong, after more than 2 months of launching, the contest has been a great success. The jury for the entries has gathered prestigious names in the fine arts and graphics industry nationwide.

This contest is considered to be the largest in scale with 50 provinces and cities and agencies and units participating.

The number of authors participating in the contest is also the largest with more than 300 professional and non-professional authors, including authors specializing in creating propaganda paintings, many times winning high prizes at national propaganda painting creation competitions such as Tran Duy Truc, Ha Huy Chuong, Nguyen Cong Quang, Do Trung Kien, Pham Binh Dinh, Nguyen Van Cong, Pham Minh Trang, Nguyen Duy Thanh... At the same time, the number of works participating in the contest is also the largest with 700 works. The propaganda paintings participating in the contest all demonstrate the content and criteria of the contest, in terms of expression such as layout, brushwork, diverse colors, and rich content. Many works participating in the contest have a new artistic style, overcoming the old path in creating propaganda paintings.

On behalf of the Awarding Council, artist Nguyen Nghia Phuong, Chairman of the Graphic Arts Council (Vietnam Fine Arts Association), Vice Principal of Vietnam University of Fine Arts, assessed that the 70 propaganda paintings and logos selected for display at the exhibition showed the high quality of the competition.

In terms of content, these works all adhere to the rules of the contest, focusing on the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital. However, there are also topics affirming the thousand-year-old cultural tradition of Thang Long - Hanoi, demonstrating new achievements in the development process of the Capital over the past 70 years, especially in recent times.

“We see a romantic, gallant spirit in the selected images. The same doves, the same number 70, the same familiar images of the Capital, but this time, we see a distillation, a transformation, exuding a strong, delicate and especially romantic, gallant spirit; especially in the paintings that we enjoy in this exhibition”, artist Nguyen Nghia Phuong emphasized.

As a result, the organizing committee selected 26 outstanding works to award prizes. The logo design award has 1 first prize. The propaganda poster creation award has 3 first prizes, 5 second prizes, 7 third prizes, and 10 consolation prizes.

The first prize winning logo design by artist Nguyen Cong Quang was unanimously chosen by the Propaganda Department (Central Propaganda Department) and the Hanoi City Party Committee and People's Committee as the logo to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Capital Liberation Day.

Along with 26 award-winning works, the organizing committee selected 45 high-quality works to display at the exhibition.

Vietnam - China - Photo: Quang Tan