The work of musician Pham Tuyen and his son is a finalist for the De Men Award.

On May 15, the Organizing Committee of the 2025 De Men Children's Awards ( Sports and Culture Newspaper, Vietnam News Agency) officially announced the Top 10 finalists of this year's season with 1 comic book collection, 1 music collection, 1 set of paintings, 6 prose works. In the Top 10, there is 1 child author and 1 author with 2 works in the final round.

The Cricket Children's Awards, which began in 2020, aim to honor outstanding artistic compositions and performances "by children" (children are the creative subjects) or "for children" (children are the subjects of service). The awards include 1 Grand Prize named Cricket Knight, equal prizes named Cricket Desire and a number of Awards from the Jury.

The jury is chaired by poet Tran Dang Khoa, Vice President of the Vietnam Writers Association , along with members and standing committee.

This year, musician Nguyen Van Chung (fourth from left) became the Inspirational Ambassador of the De Men Children's Awards. (Photo: CTV/Vietnam+)

Over the past 5 seasons, 3 Cricket Knight Awards have been awarded to writers Nguyen Nhat Anh (2020), Tran Duc Tien (2023), Ly Lan (2024) along with 23 Cricket Aspiration Awards, 4 Awards given to domestic and foreign artists, including 7 child authors.

The 6th season of 2025 was launched on March 14, 2025, reviewing and evaluating 97 outstanding children's works composed and completed during the period of 2024-2025 (specifically, from January 1, 2024 to April 20, 2025). These works come from two sources: One is from the authors who directly submitted entries; Two is from nominations by publishers and close collaborators of the Sports and Culture newspaper - writers, poets, artists, people who love children's art and always closely follow the latest creations.

From these works, through 2 rounds of judging, the standing committee of the Jury selected the Top 10 works, the best group of works to enter the final round of the 6th De Men Award - 2025.

Specifically: “120 years of wandering of the Greek gray-black turtle” (draft of a novel by Dang Chuong Ngan); “A oi” (draft of a poetry collection by Vu Thi Thanh Tam, illustrated by Windy Truc Hoang); A set of 14 paintings by child artist Pham Hai Nguyen (13 years old); “There is a flat Earth in your eyes” (draft of a poetry collection by Ly Thang Long); “The Adventures of Captain Sinbad: The Great War of the Mermaid” (comic book by artist Quang Thao and Comicola Studio, Dan Tri Publishing House); “The ancient book of a goddess” (story by Nguyen Hoang Dieu Thuy, Kim Dong Publishing House); Two books by Dy Duyen: “From the vegetable fields at the Cuc Cu farm” (drawn by Dom Dom) and “The things you use to fill a hole” (drawn by Thanh Vu) (Kim Dong Publishing House); “Train track dormitory” (short story by Dang Ngoc Hung, Tre Publishing House); “The Farm at the End of the Forest” (story by Pham Cong Luan, Kim Dong Publishing House); “Going Home - Children's Nursery Rhymes” (multimedia music collection by authors Pham Tuyen-Pham Hong Tuyen, University of Education Publishing House).

According to the Organizing Committee, the Top 10 finalists are considered to be quite diverse in terms of genre, gathering many generations of authors to participate. Among them, there are works by veteran musician Pham Tuyen and his daughter Pham Hong Tuyen, children's works, comics, poems...

Notably, in the Top 10, author Dy Duyen alone had 2 books that made it to the final round. In addition, this year's Top 10 also saw the return of many authors who had previously been nominated for the De Men Awards, such as Vu Thi Thanh Tam, Dang Chuong Ngan, Nguyen Hoang Dieu Thuy, etc.

From the Top 10 excellent works, the Jury will begin the final judging process on May 20 to select 1 Cricket Knight Award (if any) and Cricket Aspiration Awards.

The award ceremony will take place on June 1 in Hanoi./ .

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/tac-pham-cua-cha-con-nhac-sy-pham-tuyen-lot-vao-chung-khao-giai-thuong-de-men-post1038659.vnp