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UK newspaper highlights Vietnamese posters in fight against 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.
UK newspaper highlights Vietnamese posters in fight against COVID-19 ảnh 1The poster by artist Le Duc Hiep 

Hanoi (VNA)– 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 andstamps by Vietnamese artists calling for public support to fight the pandemic.

According to thearticle, Vietnam has kept confirmed cases lowthrough quarantining, contact tracing, testing and dissemination.

It publisheda poster by artist Le Duc Hiep featuring a masked health worker standing valiant like a soldier, flanked by a bold slogan proclaiming that “to stay athome is to love your country”.

The poster reflects the war-time spirit many in thecountry are invoking as they try to contain the virus, the article said.

The article also features a poster by artist Luu Yen Thethat calls on people to wear masks to stem the spread of COVID-19, and acollection of stamps by painter Pham Ha Trung sending a clear message ofsolidarity in the fight against the pandemic.

"Such messaging, along with early action and contacttracing, have helped the nation avoid the levels of suffering seen in Europe",the article said./.
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