Nearly 300 works participated in the songwriting contest, representing youth.

On the afternoon of August 15, at the headquarters of Thanh Nien Newspaper, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Youth Union coordinated with Thanh Nien Newspaper to organize the closing ceremony and award the "Contest to compose logos and songs about youth to promote the 9th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union, term 2024-2029".

Attending the event were comrades: Nguyen Ngoc Luong, Secretary of the Central Youth Union, President of the Vietnam Youth Union; Nguyen Xuan Hieu, Vice President of the Vietnam Youth Union; Nguyen Ngoc Toan, Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper...

According to Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hieu, the entries deeply and vividly express the spirit of enthusiastic, creative, and daring youth. In addition to their artistic value, the works also convey messages of Vietnamese youth in the new era.

trao giai ca khuc 5.jpg — *Artists and dance groups perform the song that won first prize in the contest. Photo: VAN TUAN*

The contest is launched from October 3 and will run until December 15, 2023.

As a result, in the Song category, the organizing committee received 54 entries from 43 authors from 19 provinces and cities across the country, including 46 works with demos and 8 works without demos.

After many rounds of judging, the jury members decided to choose the song "Proud of Vietnamese Youth" by author Mai Tram (HCMC) to award first prize, worth 50 million VND.

trao giai ca khuc 6.jpg — Author Mai Tram received first prize in the Song category. Photo: VAN TUAN

This will be the official song of the 9th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Union, term 2024 - 2029.

In addition to the first prize, the jury also selected 5 quality songs (10 million VND/song), including: Proud to be a youth (author Van Viet Phuong Hoai), Steadfast steps of the youth of the times (Ho Cong Thanh), Where green shines (Huynh Duc), Vietnamese youth - Aspiration for tomorrow (An Hieu) and Glory to us (Nguyen Chung Bao).

trao giai ca khuc 4.jpg — *Authors of the songs in the top 5 quality songs. Photo: VAN TUAN*

Meanwhile, for the logo, the organizing committee received 226 entries from 60 authors across the country. 138 entries met the criteria as announced in the final round.

trao giai ca khuc 3.jpg — *Logo and author won first prize for logo creation. Photo: VAN TUAN*

The first prize worth 50 million VND belongs to the logo of author Pham Tam, lecturer of industrial fine arts, Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture.