(HBO) - Tan Lac district of Hoa Binh province has successfully organized an agitprop competition festival for 2018, drawing more than 400 actors and artisans from 22 troupes from communes and towns across the district.


Performances at the Tan Lac district agitprop festival for 2018.

In two days, the teams competed in three sections – presenting for photo exhibitions, doing plays for communications, and performing art with a concreted theme.

According to the organising board, nearly 70 performances were presented at the festival, proving that the teams had invested greatly in content, costumes and props. In particular, the topics chosen by the teams were mostly about new-style rural area building, security and order, traffic safety, domestic violence prevention, and tourism.

At the end of the competition, the board awarded 12 A prizes, 12 B prizes and 24 C prizes in the categories of photo exhibition narration, art and communication plays.

Concluding the festival, it presented two A prizes to the teams of Quyet Chien and Phong Phu communes, four B prizes to Ngoc My, Do Nhan, Ngoi Hoa and Dong Lai communes, and six C prizes to Quy Hau, Ngo Luong, Thanh Hoi, Phu Cuong, Tuan Lo communes and Muong Khen township. In addition, the board also gave the "Excellent Communicator” Award to Ngo My commune, and the best visual tool award to Quyet Chien commune.-VNA


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