Logo design contest for ASEAN Year 2020 launched

A design contest for the logo of the ASEAN Year 2020 was launched in Hanoi on April 18.
Logo design contest for ASEAN Year 2020 launched ảnh 1ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A design contest for the logo of theASEAN Year 2020 was launched in Hanoi on April 18.

Speaking at the event, Tran Thi Thu Dong, Deputy Director ofthe Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Department of Fine Arts,Photography, and Exhibition (APE), said that Vietnam will assume the role ofASEAN Chair by 2020, an important political and diplomatic event for thecountry.

The contest is co-organised by the Ministry of Culture,Sports, and Tourism; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National ASEANSecretariat 2020, and the ASEAN 2020 Sub-Committee on Contents.

The ASEAN Year 2020 in Vietnam will prioritise attention onstrengthening regional solidarity and unity; maintaining an environment ofpeace, security, and stability; promoting regional, people-oriented, andpeople-centred connectivity; upholding ASEAN characteristics in effectiveadaptation to the Fourth Industrial Revolution; partnership for peace andsustainable development; and improving the bloc’s operational capacity.

Entries for the contest must reflect Vietnam’s cultural identityand the theme of the year, printed in colour in A4 paper.

Contestants are required to present their concepts in awriting of roughly 200 words, as well as provide the technical dimensions oftheir design.

The organising board will receive entries from May 8-11 atthe APE headquarters at No.38 Cao Ba Quat street, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi.

The first prize will be worth 30 million VND, with twoconsolation prizes valued at 3 million VND each.–VNA 
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