Hanoi contestants participating in the national qualifying round of the 2024 ACP World Graphic Design Championship (ACP World Championship 2024) – Photo: T.LE
On March 24 in Hanoi, the Central Youth Union, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, and IIG Vietnam Education Organization jointly organized the opening ceremony of the ACP World Graphic Design Championship 3 ( ACP World Championship 2024).
During 7 seasons, the Central Youth Union hopes to create a useful intellectual playground for youth union members to improve their information technology, application and creativity capabilities on digital platforms, thereby promoting their pioneering role. in the national digital transformation process.
Immediately after the opening ceremony, the national qualifying round of the competition took place simultaneously in all three regions in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City. The competition round brings together nearly 250 excellent contestants selected from 60 teams of high schools, intermediate schools, colleges, universities and academies across the country.
According to the organizers, this year the number of teams nearly doubled compared to last year. This shows the appeal and spread of the 2024 World Graphic Design Championship playground to a large number of young people who love graphic design nationwide. Of these, high school students account for 45%, college candidates account for 33% and university candidates account for 22%.
According to the rules, the competition is divided into three groups: group A for universities and academies, group B for colleges and intermediate schools and group C for high schools and middle schools.
Having passed the national qualifying round, the five best contestants from each group will move on to the national final round to select three contestants as ACP Vietnam ambassadors to attend the world finals taking place at the end of July. in America.
Coming to the international arena, three contestants will be able to rub their talents against hundreds of contestants from countries and territories, to win world gold, silver, and bronze medals corresponding to a prize of 8.000 USD. , 4.000 USD and 2.000 USD.
In addition, the national champions will be awarded the "Creative Youth" badge by the Central Youth Union.
The World Graphic Design Championship is an annual competition held since 2013 to find top design experts using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Indesign software.
The contest is for students aged 13 - 22 on a global scale and attracts hundreds of thousands of contestants from nearly 70 countries and territories to participate each year.
After 6 seasons, the Vietnamese team participating in the world finals has achieved 1 bronze medal, 2 world's most voted audience awards, and three top 10 positions in the world.
