More than 200,000 children participate in the national anti-tobacco competition

On October 5, at Le Loi Secondary School - Ha Dong, Hanoi, the Youth Research Institute in collaboration with the Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund organized the Closing Ceremony and Awarding Ceremony of the Painting Contest to propagate the harmful effects of tobacco with the theme "For a green life - say no to tobacco" and the Contest "Learn about the harmful effects of tobacco and electronic cigarettes" for children nationwide, 2025.

The award ceremony was attended by members of the Organizing Committee, the Jury and a large number of teachers and students of Le Loi Secondary School.

This is an activity within the coordination program between the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Ministry of Health on protecting, caring for and improving the health of Vietnamese youth and children; the coordination program between the Institute of Youth Research, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund, the Ministry of Health for the period 2024 - 2025 on organizing communication activities on preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco among children.

Nguyen Thao Linh, a 9th grade student at Nghi Lien Secondary School, Nghe An, won first prize in the painting contest.

Speaking at the conclusion of the two competitions, Dr. Dang Vu Canh Linh, Deputy Director of the Institute for Training and Scientific Research, Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, former Director of the Institute for Youth Research, Head of the Organizing Committee of the competition, said that in 2024, the second mock session of the Children's National Assembly became particularly impressive when one of the contents that the children delegates were interested in, participated in discussions, and gave enthusiastic comments at the parliament was the issue of preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco and stimulants in the school environment.

The children themselves raised the issue, debated and proposed many practical solutions to prevent and repel this problem, especially suggesting strengthening strong measures, banning the sale of electronic cigarettes and stimulants to minors, ensuring that children live in a safe, healthy and sustainable environment.

Therefore, the contest's goal is to create a useful and interesting playground, helping children gain knowledge about preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco; raising awareness of preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco for children and the community;

At the same time, it promotes and raises children's awareness, behavior and sense of responsibility, contributing to protecting human health and the whole society, creating a useful and interesting playground, helping children to improve their knowledge about preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco; promoting children's creativity, expressing their ideas and thoughts through drawings and propaganda messages, proposing their own opinions on the work of preventing and combating the harmful effects of tobacco.

Two competitions were held from March 2025 to June 2025. After 3 months of launching and implementing with a spirit of enthusiastic, active, innovative and creative competition, the activities were widely deployed, attracting the attention and participation of children in many provinces/cities across the country.

The 2025 national contest "Learning about the harmful effects of tobacco and e-cigarettes" for children has received positive responses from a large number of children participating with 97,759 entries from 33 provinces and cities implementing the contest at the grassroots level.

Most of the test papers showed that children have a clear understanding of the harmful effects of tobacco and electronic cigarettes. Many essays were presented carefully and creatively, many students presented strong messages and specific solutions to promote in the community, which were very rich and diverse, in accordance with the content and requirements set by the Organizing Committee.

About the 2025 Propaganda Painting Contest on the harmful effects of tobacco with the theme "For a green life - say no to tobacco" for children nationwide, received 102,739 entries.

Through their works, the students expressed creative and unique ideas, sending meaningful messages from short but easy-to-understand, easy-to-remember propaganda content, on the right topic of preventing the harmful effects of tobacco.

The paintings were carefully prepared and invested in, with a variety of genres and materials such as colored powder, pastels, markers, crayons, pencils, collage, watercolors... In addition to paintings about tobacco harm prevention, the children also presented clear, concise and targeted propaganda messages about tobacco harm prevention, bringing many emotions to the viewers.

Through many rounds of judging from the preliminary round to the final round, the Contest's Jury and Organizing Committee decided to select 15 collective units and 15 individuals to win prizes for the Painting Contest to propagate the harmful effects of tobacco with the theme "For a green life - say no to tobacco".

Awarded to 15 collective units and 15 individuals who won the contest "Learning about the harmful effects of cigarettes and electronic cigarettes".

These are the most outstanding and highest quality works in the contest, fully demonstrating the understanding, knowledge, skills, perspectives, creativity and artistic talent of children about the harmful effects of tobacco and the current work of preventing the harmful effects of tobacco, at the same time expressing the children's desire to contribute more to the work of preventing the harmful effects of tobacco, building an increasingly safe - healthy - smoke-free living environment.

Through the organization of 2 competitions, Dr. Dang Vu Canh Linh, Deputy Director of the Institute for Training and Scientific Research, Head of the Organizing Committee, emphasized that the competition has become a strong, emotional message from children, the young generation, and the future of the country to adults, leaders, authorities, departments, organizations, families, schools, communities, and society to continue to join hands to build a "Safe - Healthy - Smoke-free" living environment.

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