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An exhibition of propaganda posters relating to the Vietnamese revolution is being held at Quang Ninh Museum in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

A poster project, jointly carried out by the Veterans Association of Hanoi’s Hai Ba Trung district and the Youth Union of the district’s Bach Khoa ward, has helped raise public awareness of the Covid-19 prevention and control. The posters are special as they are drawn on electric booths on the streets.

A poster exhibition was opened to local people and visitors in the southern province of Binh Thuan on June 2 on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s departure to seek the path to liberate the nation (June 5, 1911-2021).

Since the start of the pandemic last year, many fake news reports about COVID-19 have been posted on social media. At the same time, the Ministry of a Digital Economy and Society has been collecting evidence and has finally issued arrest warrants for the fake news posters.

A propaganda poster exhibition was recently held at the Vietnam Press Museum in Duong Dinh Nghe Street, Hanoi, to mark the 1010th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi. On display are 1010 propaganda posters collected by Journalist Nguyen Dang Tien, former Director General of radio The Voice of Vietnam (VOV), over the last 20 years, which were later donated to the Vietnam Press Museum.

A collection of Vietnamese art posters from the 1950s has been preserved in the State Library of New South Wales in Australia.

The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and Fine Arts Publishing House have launched a book of posters made from 1958 to 1986.

Chairman of the Expert Council of the Eurasian Ideas Foundation (EIF) Grigory Trofimchuk has said that communications via posters and placards were key weapons in Vietnam’s successful fight against COVID-19 as well as its pathway to building socialism.

Winning posters from a competition held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Culture Department have appeared in Hanoi’s streets to promote good hygiene and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Guardian newspaper in the UK on April 9 ran an article titled “‘In a war, we draw’: Vietnam’s artists join fight against COVID-19”, featuring posters and stamps by Vietnamese artists calling for public support to fight the pandemic.

Sixteen posters for Vietnam's ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020 were selected as the best at a contest held by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism recently.

Fourteen of the best posters from a competition held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Culture Department will be used to promote good hygiene and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Department of Grassroots Culture under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on March 12 it had invited over 20 painters to draw posters portraying COVID-19 prevention and control.

The establishment and development of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in the past nine decades are featured at an exhibition that opened in the northern mountainous province of Son La on January 16.

The Hanoi Department of Culture and Sport has planned several decoration activities to give a facelift to the capital city on its upcoming 65th anniversary of Liberation Day (October 10).

Nearly 80 propaganda posters created by Vietnamese painters between 1945 and 2000 are being showcased at an exhibition held at the headquarters of the Slovak Ministry of Culture in Bratislava city.

A giant poster of President Ho Chí Minh currently on display at the Trang Tien – Dinh Tien Hoang intersection created by painter Trần Từ Thành is one of the most popular posters of Uncle Ho.

Around 60 posters, the majority of which are original prints, are on display at the Hanoi-based Ho Chi Minh Museum.

Given the development of printing industry, the tradition of painting posters by hand has faded. Having painted these posters for years, Hoai Minh Phuong is one of few painters producing them by hand.

A collection of posters by HCM City students with the theme of Vietnamese youth wishing for a peaceful world is on display at the War Remnants Museum.