140,000 Entries Join “Ngay hoi sac mau” 2024

“Ngay hoi sac mau” – a children’s drawing contest in 2024 – was held from May to September 2024 and received enthusiastic participation from Youth Council branches at all levels.

On October 27, in Hai Phong City, the Central Youth Council and Colokit Art Supplies – a brand of Thien Long Group Corporation – organized the closing ceremony of the “Ngày hội sắc màu” 2024 and presented awards for the children’s drawing contest under the theme “I Paint the Colors of Volunteering”.

The contest received strong support from local Youth Councils, children’s cultural centers, youth activity centers, Young Pioneer organizations, teachers, parents, and especially children from all across the country.

Winning artwork: Vườn rau thanh niên — Special Prize by Nguyễn Phúc Gia Hân, Grade 8/2 student at Xuan Dieu Secondary School, My Tho City, Tien Giang Province. Photo: Thanh Tuan

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Central Youth Council, Lê Hải Long, presenting the Special Prize. Photo: Thanh Tuan

Speaking at the event, Lê Anh Quân, Vice Chairman of the Central Youth Council and Director of the Vietnam Children’s Support and Development Center, said that after more than five months of implementation, the organizers had received over 140,000 artworks from children across the country.

The paintings displayed creative perspectives, rich content, and lively presentation.
“With over 140,000 submissions, each child’s work is a beautiful, vibrant color blending into a dazzling palette of volunteering – carrying profound humanitarian values and a strong national spirit – spreading in society a beautiful image of today’s generation of Vietnamese youth and children,” Quân emphasized.

He added that this was not only a meaningful activity for Vietnamese children in response to the 60th anniversary of the “Three Readiness” movement, the 10th anniversary of the “Year of Volunteering Youth,” and the 25th anniversary of the Summer Volunteer Youth Campaign, but also a forum for them to express their affection, trust, and pride toward the care and guidance of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and its members, who are always wholeheartedly devoted to the younger generation and ready to serve the community.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the Central Youth Council, Lê Hải Long, presenting awards to collectives. Photo: Thanh Tuan

From over 140,000 entries, the jury and organizing committee awarded 15 collective prizes to provincial/city Youth Councils and school Young Pioneer branches. Additionally, 43 individual prizes were presented to children with the most outstanding artworks, including: 1 Special Prize, 2 First Prizes, 4 Second Prizes, 6 Third Prizes, and 30 Consolation Prizes, divided equally between the primary and secondary school categories.

Nguyễn Phúc Gia Hân, a Grade 8/2 student at Xuan Dieu Secondary School, My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, won the Special Prize with her piece Youth Vegetable Garden.

Within the framework of the event, at the activity zone, children immersed themselves in a colorful play space – painting and decorating useful personal items – as well as joining lively physical games and receiving practical gifts.

Nguyet Anh