Can Tho City's new 'cultural ambassador' is dynamic!

Following the merger, Can Tho City has expanded its space and development opportunities. Therefore, this city on the banks of the Hau River needs a new logo that ensures symbolic, aesthetically pleasing, and artistic value.

The People's Committee of Can Tho City has just issued a plan to organize a logo design competition to serve the purpose of information dissemination, introduction, and promotion of the potential and strengths of Can Tho's land and people to friends both domestically and internationally.

Can Tho, a city of rivers and waterways, always aspires to reach new heights.

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A representative work, highly symbolic.

The new logo will contribute to fostering pride and raising awareness of the responsibility to preserve and promote the traditions of the homeland among officials, Party members, armed forces, and the people in the city. The logo will be used in the design, printing, and production of publications and documents serving the information and propaganda of political tasks, economic development, socio-cultural development, and diplomacy, and will serve as an important basis for building the brand identity criteria of Can Tho City.

The current logo of Can Tho City.

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Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen, Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City, emphasized that the new Can Tho City logo ensures symbolic, artistic, and aesthetic qualities, combining tradition and modernity. The new logo is a representative work, highly symbolic, concise, and modern, reflecting the historical, cultural, economic , political, and social characteristics of Can Tho City as the central driving force of the Mekong Delta region. The new Can Tho City logo will convey to all levels of people, domestic and international friends, the potential, strengths, and outstanding characteristics of the land and people of Can Tho compared to other localities. The new logo represents the characteristic values ​​of the young, dynamic city on the banks of the Hau River, a riverside urban area, blessed with abundant fruit, and known for its "white rice and clear water." It also reflects the people of Can Tho as "Intelligent - Dynamic - Compassionate - Generous - Elegant" and "Whoever goes there will not want to leave." The new logo must convey a strong message to affirm and strengthen Can Tho's position as the economic, cultural, educational, medical, and scientific and technological center of the Mekong Delta region.

The logo appears on the cover of the investment solicitation document.

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"The new logo must be highly generalized, accessible to the masses, easy to understand, easy to remember, and create a lasting impression. The new logo must be artistic, aesthetically pleasing, creative, simple in lines, colors, imagery, and composition; ensuring ease of printing, enlargement, reduction, embossing, and processing on various materials for convenient dissemination. The logo must be a new creation, not identical to, similar to, or confusing with the logos of organizations and individuals that have already been published...", Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen stated clearly.

A symbol of unity, integration, and development.

The new Can Tho City logo must comply with intellectual property laws. The chosen logo will strengthen community cohesion and serve as a "cultural ambassador" for the dynamic, integrated, and developing new Can Tho City.

Groups and individuals, both domestic and international, regardless of background, religion, ethnicity, or age (authors under 18 years old must have a legal guardian representing them with full civil capacity and legal authority) are eligible to participate in the Can Tho City logo design contest.

Mr. Truong Canh Tuyen (center) has high expectations for the city's new logo.

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According to Mr. Nguyen Van Bay, City Party Committee member and Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City, authors can submit entries individually or in groups. Individuals and groups can submit multiple entries. However, the organizing committee recommends that each author submit a maximum of 5 design entries. The following individuals (members of the organizing committee, judging panel, secretary, and assigned assistants) are not allowed to participate in this new logo design competition. The submitted documents include: Registration form (the registration form is issued by the organizing committee and included in the competition rules); a written agreement from the group of authors authorizing one or a group of authors to represent them in the competition (for entries with multiple authors); and a description of the work, no more than 300 words, using Times New Roman font, size 14 on A4 paper. The description clearly outlines the creative concept, the meaning of the work, the method, the materials used, the size, the application, etc.

The streets of downtown Can Tho are becoming increasingly bustling.

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According to Mr. Nguyen Van Bay, the competition entries must be placed in a sealed envelope. Entries must be carefully packaged, sealed, and sent directly or by mail to the organizing committee. The envelope must clearly state: "Entry for the Can Tho City Logo Design Competition 2025". Entries that do not comply with the above regulations will be considered invalid. The organizing committee will not return submitted entries. The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City (01 Ngo Van So Street, Ninh Kieu Ward, Can Tho City; tel: 02923.813.402) will accept entries until January 20, 2026. The organizing committee plans to summarize and award prizes at the end of February 2026.

The prize structure includes: 1 first prize (90 million VND, certificate), 5 consolation prizes (5 million VND each, certificate), and 10 finalist entries that did not win (2 million VND each, certificate). The winning entry (a team or individual) will receive a commendation from the Chairman of the People's Committee of Can Tho City. For the remaining prizes, the Director of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Can Tho City will award certificates of merit as per regulations.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/dai-su-van-hoa-moi-cua-tpcan-tho-nang-dong-18525121313584965.htm