VNA General Director Nguyen Duc Loi (L) and writer Nguyen Nhat Anh (middle) at the event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’sSports & Culture newspaper held an award presentation ceremony for the firstedition of the De Men arts awards for children in Hanoi on September 29.
The awards were named after the famous “Adventuresof a Cricket” written for children by writer To Hoai.
Member of the Party Central Committee and VNA GeneralDirector Nguyen Duc Loi presented the Cricket Knight prize worth 30 million VND(1,300 USD) to writer Nguyen Nhat Anh with his work “Lam ban voi bau troi”(Make friends with Sky).
After receiving the award, the writer donated the sum to theDe Men Awards’ fund to support its next edition.
The organising board also granted four Cricket Desireawards, each worth 10 million VND to a collection of paintings by 10-year-old NguyenDoi Chung Anh, a long story by 12-year-old Cao Khai An, a collection of shortstories by Nguyen Chi Ngoan and a collection of songs on children theme by musiccomposer Nguyen Van Chung.
Speaking at the event, Editor-in-Chief of the Sports &Culture newspaper Le Xuan Thanh said the organising board received 100 entries indifferent fields such as literature, movie, music, fine arts, theatre,photography, paintings and comics. Twelve works were chosen for the finalround.
About 20 well-known painters have sent their works to the organizingboard for sale for charity purpose. They were put on display at the awardceremony and the awards’ Facebook fanpage for sale./.
The awards were named after the famous “Adventuresof a Cricket” written for children by writer To Hoai.
Member of the Party Central Committee and VNA GeneralDirector Nguyen Duc Loi presented the Cricket Knight prize worth 30 million VND(1,300 USD) to writer Nguyen Nhat Anh with his work “Lam ban voi bau troi”(Make friends with Sky).
After receiving the award, the writer donated the sum to theDe Men Awards’ fund to support its next edition.
The organising board also granted four Cricket Desireawards, each worth 10 million VND to a collection of paintings by 10-year-old NguyenDoi Chung Anh, a long story by 12-year-old Cao Khai An, a collection of shortstories by Nguyen Chi Ngoan and a collection of songs on children theme by musiccomposer Nguyen Van Chung.
Speaking at the event, Editor-in-Chief of the Sports &Culture newspaper Le Xuan Thanh said the organising board received 100 entries indifferent fields such as literature, movie, music, fine arts, theatre,photography, paintings and comics. Twelve works were chosen for the finalround.
About 20 well-known painters have sent their works to the organizingboard for sale for charity purpose. They were put on display at the awardceremony and the awards’ Facebook fanpage for sale./.
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