(HBO) – The Department of Grassroots Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in coordination with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Hoa Binh province on September 18 opened an exhibition of propaganda posters about the 13th National Party Congress and presented prizes to winners of poster design contests.
The opening ceremony in Hoa Binh city was attended by Deputy
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh Thi Thuy, Vice Secretary of the
provincial Party Committee Ngo Van Tuan, Vice Chairman of the provincial
People’s Committee Nguyen Van Chuong, officials from the Department of
Grassroots Culture and provincial agencies, and contest winners.
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Trinh
Thi Thuy and Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ngo Van Tuan
present two first prizes of the poster design contests.
The propaganda poster design contest on the
Party and political system building and the 13th National Party Congress was
opened for entries from June 1 to July 16, attracting 405 posters by 160
designers from 46 provinces and cities nationwide.
The competition of posters about the 75th
anniversary of the August Revolution and the 75th National Day from April 16 to
June 22 received 388 entries by 276 designers from 50 provinces and cities.
In these two contests, the judging panels
selected two entries for the first prizes, four for second prizes, six for
third prizes, and 20 for consolation prizes. As many as 140 high-quality
posters were also chosen for display and use in localities nationwide.
The exhibition of propaganda posters about the 13th National
Party Congress in Hoa Binh city showcases 50 outstanding ones among entries
submitted to the two competitions. The exhibits are considered an effective
channel for helping local cadres, Party members and people, especially the youth,
to learn more about the Party’s glorious history, traditions and achievements,
along with late President Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality and life style, in
the struggle for national independence and the course of national development
and defence./.
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