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Hanoi contest seeks creative space, design initiatives

The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports in collaboration with the University of Industrial Fine Arts on August 22 launched a contest to seek new and unique ideas in creative spaces, designs and products for Hanoi.
Hanoi contest seeks creative space, design initiatives ảnh 1A creative design for Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
Hanoi (VNA) - The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports incollaboration with the University of Industrial Fine Arts on August 22 launched a contest to seek new and unique ideas in creative spaces, designs and products for Hanoi.

Creative ideas are being sought for interior and exterior of public works; decoration of squares,flower gardens, parks, cultural houses; designs and graphic images for culturaland artistic works; fashion designs and accessories; architectural designs of factoriesand industrial parks; products that can promote the city's strengths in culture, historyand craft village; and new technological applications.
Hanoi contest seeks creative space, design initiatives ảnh 2The contest is expected to create an impetus to form a creative economy, thus contributing to realising the target to turn Hanoi into an innovation hub in Southeast Asia - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 

The contest is expected to create an impetus to form a creative economy, thus contributingto realising the target to turn Hanoi into an innovation hub in Southeast Asia,and the world's destination of knowledge and creativity.

According to Director of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports Do DinhHong, the municipal authorities are actively coordinating with agencies and organizationsto organise contests and events towards a network of young designers and valuable products that can contribute to the capital city’s creative industry.

At the contest launching ceremony, a cooperation agreementwas signed between the two organisers to enhance connection in the field.   
In 2019, Hanoi became an official member of the UNESCO'sCreative Cities Network in the field ofdesign. The municipal authorities always create favourable conditions to raisethe bar for the design and creativity fields, and promoting community engagementto gradually realise its creative initiatives./.
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