VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly $3000 was collected for child heart patients from the auction of paintings by children on September 12 in Hanoi.

VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly $3000 was collected for child heart patients from the auction of paintings by children on September 12 in Hanoi.

Thien Huong, 5, from the Sol Art Centre, and her mother, who bought her daughter’s painting.

This is a project of Blog Hanoi, a voluntary group. On September 11 they organized for 150 kids from 5-12 years old from Doan Thi Diem and Giang Vo primary schools, Sol Art Centre, Ba Dinh district cultural centre and Hanoi Children’s Palace, to draw paintings about “friendship and the mid-autumn festival.

The best 15 paintings were chosen for the auction the next day at Trung Nguyen café, 36B Dien Bien Phu Hanoi.

A total of 50 million dong (nearly $3000) was raised from the auction for two child heart patients from the National Cardiovascular Hospital in Hanoi.

Hong Anh, 5, and the man who bought her painting.

A painting by Nam Anh, 9.

A painting by Hong Anh, 5.

Source: VNE