Cutting ribbon to open the exhibition (Source: NDO)The paintings are illustrations of Nhan Dan Newspaper’s first-ever table calendar for 2022, which is designed as a collection of artworks. The artworks were created by 31 acclaimed Vietnamese contemporary painters, including Pham Luan, Le Thiet Cuong, Dao Hai Phong, Le Tri Dung, and Pham Ha Hai, as well as young talented faces namely Bui Van Tuat, Do Hiep, Nguyen Minh, Ly Viet Anh, and Binh Nhi, who are also collaborators for Nhan Dan newspaper. The paintings spread an enthusiastic spirit to viewers amidst the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his opening speech, member of the Party Central Committee (PCC), Deputy Head of the PCC Commission of Popularization and Education, Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper Le Quoc Minh said that through their artworks, the painters have praised the beauty of life in this new normality to greet a fresh spring full of hope to overcome difficulties caused by the pandemic. He took this occasion to hand over 220 million VND to the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in support of 22 children in Can Tho city, who became orphans due to the pandemic. The money was previously earned from the auction of the 59 paintings./.