Vietnamese stamp celebrates establishment of ASEAN Community

A special stamp designed by a Vietnamese artist will be issued in the 10ASEAN nations to celebrate the formation of the ASEAN Community laterthis year.

A competition was launched earlier thisyear for stamp designs that reflect the motto “One Vision, One Identity,One Community” of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN).

It took Vu Kim Lien of the Vietnam PostCorporation (Vietnam Post) six months to create her winning stamp, whichdepicts the 10 ASEAN member nations’ flags arranged in the shape of afive-petal flower. The flower is suspended on two hands shaking,representing cooperation and friendship against the background of a pileof yellow rice, representing the region’s wet rice agriculture. Thestamp also features two doves – symbols of peace and stability.

Hundreds of entries were submitted from all over the region, withLien’s design selected as the winner out of 30 submissions in the finalround.

Ngo Hoai Thanh, deputy head of the postagestamp department, said this first prize was not only hugely significantfor the artist, but also for the Vietnam Post, noting that this was thefirst time staff members had won a big prize at an international stampcontest and a stamp with the corporation’s design would be issuedregion-wide.

In addition to the aforementionedstamp, Vietnam also won the first prize for its ASEAN postmark design,with the work by another Vietnam Post artist, Nguyen Du.

The special stamp using Lien’s design has been printed already in allASEAN member countries and will be published on the occasion of the 48thanniversary of the formation of ASEAN (August 8, 1967). The stamp isscheduled to be issued in Vietnam on August 7.

Thanh said the joint stamp issue was expected to help promote theawareness about the role of the ASEAN among agencies, organisations andcitizens in member countries, as well as promoting the activeparticipation of members in cultural, educational, tourism-based andeconomic exchanges.

The ASEAN Community will beestablished on 31 December this year, a milestone in the bloc’s history,creating a common roof for peace, cooperation, connectivity andsustainable development.

VNA

Vietnamese stamp celebrates establishment of ASEAN Community

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