(HBO) – The women’s union of Lac Thuy district, the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, has organised a festival for local women, and a painting contest on environmental protection for local women and children.

A mass dance-sport
performance at the festival.
The
event attracted the participation of nearly 1,000 officials, members of the Lac
Thuy women’s union, children and local people.
It forms part of activities marking the 89th anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s
Union (October 20, 1930), and International Day of the Girl Child (October 11).
Eight sports clubs and nine clubs of happy families from 16 local union
chapters, with 320 members, joined the event. Each unit presented two mass
dance-sport performances, and drew paintings on environmental protection.
In the category of mass dance-sport performance, the first prize went to the
sport club of Thanh Ha town’s women union while the second was claimed by the
sport club of Chi Ne town’s women union and the third was presented to the
sport club of Phu Lao commune’s women union and the district police’s women
union.
In the painting event, Chi Ne town’s women union brought home the first prize.
Lac Long’s women union earned the second and the women unions of Thanh Ha town
and the district police both won the third prize./.
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