Tran Thanh Tuan

Viet Nam News

Publication Date : 04-04-2014

The first-ever caricature festival will be held in HCM City to bring the art closer to the public and provide a comic playground for professional caricaturists and the audience.

This was stated by the organiser of the festival, The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper.

The events in the festival, to be held this Sunday, include an exhibition of this year's Rong Tre (Bamboo Dragon) Journalism Caricature contest featuring 140 finalist entries, a live portrait caricature contest for the audience by noted caricaturists, a workshop on Viet Nam's caricature and a graffiti art performance by a group led by artist Le Hao. The award ceremony for this year's Bamboo Dragon contest will also be held at the festival.

The event will be organised between 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Applied Contemporary Arts Centre, 3A Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1.

The fourth biennial caricature contest saw 420 entries by artists from across the country under a free theme with the purpose of "exchanging smiles".

The entries can be painted by both Vietnamese and foreigners living in the country and have been published or are designed to be published in various printed and online newspapers and magazines throughout the country between January 31, 2012 and February 14, 2014.

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Ho Chi Minh to host caricature fest