According to UNESCO, about 250 young artists from home and abroad sent their illustration artworks about Hanoi to the contest between August 6 and September 9 this year.

The digital painting themed ‘Ha Noi rong’ (Hanoi’s street vendors) by Dang Thai Tuan wins first prize at the “Ha Noi is…” Illustration Contest.

The contest aimed to promote Hanoi as a city of innovation, worthy of the title “Hanoi - Creative City” awarded by UNESCO in 2019.

With the evocative theme “Ha Noi is…”, young artists came up with unique and creative ideas integrated with personal touch to portray their own image of Hanoi. Hanoi Creative City was illustrated in digital paintings, silk painting, collage art, lacquer, and others.

The thirty best works were presented with prizes by the jury board including one first prize, four second prizes, a voting prize and 24 consolation prizes.

The illustration contest is part of the Hanoi Rethink project organised by UNESCO, UN-Habitat and UNIDO with the support of SOVICO Group with the goal to support Hanoi in realising its vision of Creative Capital in the field of design, exploring cultural heritage with the engagement of Vietnamese youth who is an essential element for innovation, creativity, and change.

Colourful mural paintings in fishing village

Following uncountable rainy and sunny seasons, the brilliant mural paintings in Canh Duong Village, Cảnh Hoa Commune, Quang Trach District in the central province of Quang Binh have faded over time; however, the echoes of a land imbued with its coastal cultural identity still seem to hold on visitors and coax them into scheduling a return date.

Bui Xuan Phai’s paintings to be auctioned in Singapore

Three paintings of late Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai will go under the hammer at the “Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Art” session of Singaporean auctioneer Larasati on June 17.

Vietnamese painting fetches $1 million at French auction

'Thac Bo' (Landscapes with Junks), a lacquer painting by Pham Hau, was sold for €833,000 ($1 million) by French auction house Aguttes.

Gigantic painting reenacts historic Dien Bien Phu Victory

‘Dien Bien Phu’ – a massive painting of 132m wide and 9m high that took three years to be completed – has been approved by an art council.

Source: NDO