Yesterday (June 15), the Vietnam Creativity Day 2006, organized by the World Bank Representative Office in Vietnam and the Ministry of Education and Training (Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children Project – PEDC), was inaugurated in Hanoi.
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The jury visited each booth to evaluate the creative ideas |
This is the fourth consecutive year that the World Bank has organized this event.
The theme of this year’s competition is “Creativity for Disadvantaged Children and Youth” with four sub-themes: Quality Education for Disadvantaged Children and Youth; Street Children and Youth; Out-of-School and Unemployed Children and Youth; and Participation of Children and Youth in Society.
Out of 250 projects from 32 provinces participating in the competition, the 93 highest quality and most relevant projects made it to the final round of the Vietnam Creativity Day 2006 competition.
Each project showcases their creative ideas in a booth set up at the Horison Hotel. The jury from the World Bank and PEDC will split into small groups to visit each booth, engage with the authors of the creative ideas, and then select the award winners.
Approximately 50 awards are expected to be presented in this competition, with a total value of about 10 billion VND. Each award has a maximum value of 10,000 USD. The final value of each award will be determined based on the specific needs of each selected project.
Also within the framework of Vietnam Creativity Day 2006, today at the Horison Hotel in Hanoi, two knowledge forums will take place: one on Disadvantaged Children organized by PEDC and another on Disadvantaged Youth organized by the International Labour Organization. The award announcement and ceremony will be held in the afternoon of the same day.
The Vietnam Creativity Day program was first held in 2003 and has become an annual event. Each year’s theme is researched based on extensive consultation on public issues of concern, such as: Actions for a Safer Life (2003), Initiatives to Combat HIV/AIDS (2004), and Actions for the Environment (2005).