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| The contest, which attracted 700 of the school’s students, included paintings and graphic design about the Earth, the ozone layer and climate in different media, such as acrylic, colored wax, markers and pastels. — Photo giaoducthoidai.vn |
Viet Nam News
HCM CITY — The Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change on Thursday awarded top prize to three students at the Olympia Schools in Ha Noi in its outdoor painting contest in celebration of International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer.
One of the winners, seventh grader Nguyen Ngoc Tam, said that he had painted the last penguin crying for the loss of his home, family and friends because of the polar ice caps melting at the North Pole due to global warming.
Fifth grader Nguyen Viet Thuc Trang, who also won top prize, depicted a light bulb in the shape of a skull, and 10th grader Nguyen Nhi Linh, another winner, painted a Mahesh Vara god calling for environmental protection.
The contest, which attracted 700 of the school’s students, included paintings and graphic design about the Earth, the ozone layer and climate in different media, such as acrylic, colored wax, markers and pastels.
Forty-eight of the paintings were exhibited at a ceremony for International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone layer at the Majestic Hotel in HCM City’s District 1. — VNS
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