The exhibits were selected from more than 300 national submissions in a contest jointly organised by the newspaper and Nha Nam Publishing and Communications JSC.
Each work tells a Mid-Autumn Festival story through painting and poetry, shaped by the innocence and imagination of childhood.
Painter Quan Tuan Long, deputy head of the Fine Arts Office of the Young Pioneers and Children Newspaper, noted that the entries revealed a wide range of visual thinking and youthful emotion, transforming familiar Mid-Autumn symbols into “characters” within each child’s personal narrative.
Journalist and poet Bao Ngoc, a jury member, said the competition had created a meaningful artistic space connecting urban children with those in remote and mountainous regions.
She emphasised that the contest nurtured aesthetic sensibility by encouraging close observation of everyday details. Dreams, moonlit nights, and family reunions were conveyed through vivid, specific imagery; this, she observed, was its greatest achievement — teaching children to begin with the simplest things to give flight to their dreams of reaching the wider world.
Pham Doan Tu Uyen won first prize with her entry “Cung Trang Xuong Pho” (Walking Down the Street with the Moon). One second prize, one third prize, and two Idea Prizes were also awarded to other outstanding contestants.
