Contest summary and prize award ceremony The Future We Want – Messages of Vietnamese Youth to Rio+20
As part of activities towards Rio+20 in Vietnam and with support from project "Strengthening capacities to integrate sustainable development and climate change in planning in Vietnam", a cooperation endeavour between Department of Science, Education and Natural Resources under Ministry of Planning and Investment (DSENRE- MPI) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Center for Development of Community Initiative and Environment (C&E) and Urban Environment Department, National Economics University (NEU) jointly organised an event “The Future We Want- Messages of Vietnamese Youth to Rio+20” from 25 April 2012 to 4 June 2012.
The event started with a discussion on
This was followed by a month of contest during which the organisers received 20 entries in all categories by young people from many localities throughout the country, including
The entries included:
· 7 entries in the category of painting and photography;
· 3 entries in the category of poetry writing;
· 9 entries in the category of video clip making;
· 1 entry in the category of songwriting.
Despite the modest number of entries given that the contest was not long, most of the works demonstrated the creativity of the authors and conveyed messages for a sustainable future that the authors wished to send to the community.
Over a month, the contest`s Facebook page received enthusiastic support from young people across the country. The number of its daily visitors increased continuously, demonstrating that the contest attracted many young people and somewhat created strong influence on the community with:
· More than 2,000 people-turns that like the page:
· http://facebook.com/TheFutureWeWantTuongLaiChungTaMongMuon
4032 people-turns who share relevant information, articles, and entries related to the contest
· 61,240 people-turns who click to visit the contest`s page
· Thousands of votes for contest entries (of which two are the most popular choices with more than 1,000 like-turns each)
The winning products have met the following criteria:
· Conveying messages about the future we want in the clearest and most specific way, especially messages that lead to actions;
· With creative contents (i.e. having new ideas, new messages) and techniques (i.e. using new technique or many difficult techniques) in the case that the products are photos and video clips;
· Meeting the contest entry criteria of being in four categories (i.e. video clips, poems, pictures, and songs) and having never won in any previous contest;
· For video clips, being less than five minutes’ long and without images those violate the national ethic norms, laws and customs;
· The product entries being made by the authors or representatives of the groups of authors.
The Contest summary and prize award ceremony was held at NEU Conference Hall in Ha Noi from 8:30- 11:00 on 4 June 2012. Participants included authors of entries who came from
Hanoi National University of Education, representatives of media agencies and a large number of students from NEU, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, University of Civil Engineering and others.
Speaking at the ceremony, Professor Dr. Tran Tho Dat, NEU Vice Rector and Ms. Bui Thi Thanh Thuy, C&E highly appreciated young people who showed concern about issues of sustainable development through their engagement in various initiatives around the world. They have been active and vocal at international conferences, and have taken leadership roles in a wide range of movements and activities as well as sought for ways of sustainable consumption and production. These actions are examples to others in the community and send messages to businesses and governments. Most importantly, they pave the way for adopting a healthier, happier and less consumer-based sustainable lifestyle.
Art performances by NEU students and C&E volunteers and continuous interaction between the MC and the students through games and performances created an exciting atmosphere for the ceremony. Student participants took part enthusiastically in the game “guessing song names from their musical tunes”. All the songs had themes related to the environment and the youth, sending messages for a green planet and a sustainable future. The focal point of the ceremony was the rap song "Fateful picture" by Vu Anh Khoi and Vu Anh Vu, the contest winning product for song entries.
Although only a few works were awarded but all contest entries came from Vietnamese youth’s passions, enthusiasms, desires and actions to change the future in a more positive direction. And, as stated by representatives of authors, all contest participants were winners who would continue to act and follow the paths they wanted and chose.
List of winning entries:
– First Prize: Video clip "A day of Bi"; Da Nang Go Green Club
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIH0Jq5Cq-Y&feature=youtu.be
– Second prize: the rap song "Fateful picture" of Vu Anh Khoi and Vu Anh Vu,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCHfi0tdKY
– Third Prize: Clip "Superhero for environmental protection," Le Minh Nguyet, Hanoi Go Green Club
– Viewer-selected Prize: Clip "A day of Bi"; Da Nang Go Green Club (more than 1200 like-turns)
– Incentive Prizes: Poem "The world in dream" by Thai Thi Men; Video clip "Little Story" by Dang Yen Lan; and Video clip "Rio +20" by Trinh Thi Ngoc Hoa.
The award ceremony was successful. Three official prizes (to entries selected by the jury), a viewer-selected prize through the Contest’s Facebook page and three incentive prizes were awarded to the authors/ groups of authors. The award-winning and impressive products will be sent to the Rio+20
The message from students in
– I want clean air in the city
– I want a good public transportation system
– I want green and clean city
– I want people live in harmony with the nature.
– I want everybody to keep our country tidy
– I want to listen to the birds’ song everyday
– I want clean ocean, clean beach
– I want green forests and clean river
– I want peace and development
– I want equality for all
– I want to be a volunteer working for the development
– I want the earth green and beautiful
– I want more green job for young people
– I want more green entertaiment
– ….
