 The
records were chosen from almost 300 submissions sent by organisations
and individuals across the country in 2009. Of these, 20 records were
set by individuals, mainly related to the arts, culture and
creativeness.
Worthy of note among the records is the largest
block calendar, which was made by the An Hao Design and Printing
Company and the 800-kg Lich Su Vietnam (History of Vietnam) calendar
which is 2m wide and 1.3m high.
It features 365 silk paintings
depicting Vietnam’s history from its beginnings to Reunification Day in
1975. The An Hao Company spent more than 18 months and VND500 million
(USD26,200) making the calendar which sits in a wooden frame carved
with dragons.
Numerous records were set by groups include the
largest dictionary written in Nom (Vietnamese script transformed from
Han) and the most blood donors in one day, with 14,384 participants
giving 4,158 units of blood.
On the occasion, a well known
painting of flowers, which is 4.1m long and 1.25m wide, by painter
Truong Han Minh was presented to Operation Smile to be auctioned to
raise funds for surgery for children with cleft palates.
A
wooden and gilded painting that was carved with 1,000 dragons and
depicts a map of Vietnam was granted to the national steering committee
for the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi. It was created by the
artist Ngoc Minh from the central province of Quang Nam. |
