Though she didn’t win the highest prize at a painting contest for children in Hanoi, Vu Dang Anh Tho, 10, has drawn major attention due to her painting that satirizes people’s habit of public urination.
Titled “Cam Dai Bay” (Public Urination Banned), the painting was among 2,000 works participating in the “Ve Sinh Yeu Nuoc” (Keeping the environment clean is loving your country) competition.
The work depicts three adult men who are smoking and urinating on a wall, on which hangs a board stating, “Urination Banned Here.” Next to them, a little kid points his fingers at the men and says innocently, “Ah! Adults are urinating at the wrong places!”
“Cam Dai Bay” won the consolation prize of the contest, which was held by the Department of Environment Management under the Ministry of Health. There were 50 paintings that received awards at the concluding ceremony on July 29 in the capital city.