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| The organizing board welcomes contestants from over 50 schools across Hungary. (Photo: VNA) |
The contest, running from March to the end of April, received 346 entries, while its Facebook fanpage saw 87,867 posts by contestants.
The Vietnamese Women's Association in Hungary and the Vietnamese Embassy in Budapest have jointly organized the award ceremony for the contest.
The first prize of the contest was given to two Hungarian students, with Szabó Zétény winning first prize for ages one to four and Sebok Lilla claiming the first prize for ages five to eight.
With a desire to widely popularize Vietnam's culture, land and people to international friends, as well as the second and third generations of Vietnamese people in Hungary, the organizing board initiated the idea of the painting contest, which received a positive response from the community.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Hungary Nguyen Thi Bich Thao highly appreciated the Vietnamese Women's Association in Hungary’s initiative of organizing the drawing contest about Vietnam.
“This is a new, very effective direction in popularizing Vietnam. We not only introduce the nation to Hungarian friends, but also inspire and encourage students, teachers, and parents to actively learn about the land, people, traditions, landscapes and development of Vietnam,” she said.
Graphic artist Molnár Péter said that entries in the contest highlight the image of Vietnam with thousands of years of history vividly blended with a modern Vietnam with international integration.
Along with famous landscapes of Vietnam, the paintings also feature the costumes of ethnic minority groups of Vietnam, natural masterpieces, and buildings of Vietnam, providing insight into a modern and bustling nation with peaceful spaces, he said.
At the award ceremony, Ambassador Thao awarded Certificates of Merit to six prize winners. In addition to the two first prizes, the second and third prizes went to contestants from Vietnam, China and Denmark. The Organizing Board also received a certificate of merit for its creative ideas and successful organization of the competition./.