HCM City’s 8th grader wins special prize of COVID-19 drawing contest

With her painting “Vietnam niem tin chien thang” (Vietnam faith in victory), Tran Nguyen Uyen Nghi, an 8th grader from Ho Chi Minh City, won the special prize of a drawing contest on the COVID-19 pandemic, the organising board announced on August 22.
HCM City’s 8th grader wins special prize of COVID-19 drawing contest ảnh 1Tran Nguyen Uyen Nghi's painting (Photo courtesy of the organising board)
Hanoi (VNA) – With her painting “Vietnam niem tin chien thang”(Vietnam faith in victory), Tran Nguyen Uyen Nghi, an 8th graderfrom Ho Chi Minh City, won the special prize of a drawing contest on theCOVID-19 pandemic, the organising board announced on August 22.

Nguyen Thi Trinh, a 4th grader from Dong Thapprovince, and Dang Duy Tung, a 9th grader from Hai Phong city, gotthe first prizes.

The organizing board also presented four second, six thirdand 30 consolation prizes.

HCM City’s 8th grader wins special prize of COVID-19 drawing contest ảnh 2The painting wins first prize (Photo courtesy of the organising board)
After seven weeks of organisation, the drawing contest “Vungtin Viet Nam” (Believe in Vietnam) received a total of 101,788 entries ofchildren from all 63 provinces and cities.

The organising board said that all entries showed the themeof the contest and carried significant messages which demonstrate children'sbelief in the country and their gratitude for frontliners of the fight againstthe pandemic.

Through the event, 210 million VND (9,230 USD) was mobilisedand donated to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund./.
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