Launching a campaign to create propaganda paintings about the military...

Speaking at the ceremony, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Duc, Director of the Propaganda Department, emphasized: The campaign is a key cultural and artistic activity to implement projects to celebrate major holidays of the country and the army in 2024; aiming to mobilize and gather the spirit of creative labor of Vietnamese artists to create propaganda paintings on the theme of the armed forces in revolutionary war, vividly depicting the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers, widely propagating and promoting to compatriots and soldiers nationwide the spirit of military-civilian solidarity, the glorious tradition of 80 years of building, fighting and growing of the army.

Through the creation of propaganda paintings, we aim to widely spread the contributions and achievements of the armed forces and people of the whole country in the current cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

The organizers hope that authors and artists nationwide will contribute to reflecting and rekindling the strong vitality of propaganda paintings, continuing to embellish the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers; conveying meaningful messages to encourage the patriotic emulation movement; arousing passion, promoting creativity, and most practically, propaganda paintings on the theme of Uncle Ho's soldiers, serving propaganda on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the army.

Performance at the launching ceremony.

Participants are professional and amateur artists; Vietnamese citizens at home and abroad.

The work measures 54cm x 79cm, has not been submitted to other competitions, and has not been published in any form. The author is responsible for copyright. Each author has the right to submit multiple works.

The deadline for receiving works is July 30, 2024. The Organizing Committee accepts works in two forms: Sending the image file via email to [email protected] and sending works by post : Department of Culture and Arts, Department of Propaganda and Training, General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, No. 4 Ly Nam De, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.

The Organizing Committee granted Certificates and prizes to the authors and winning units, including 11 prizes (1 A prize, 2 B prizes, 3 C prizes, 5 Encouragement prizes), of which the A prize is worth 30 million VND; 2 movement prizes were awarded to units that mobilized many authors and many works of good quality.

The summary and award ceremony is expected to take place in December 2024.

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