Published:  00:00 Saturday - September 11, 2010

A massive collage of 1,000 paintings by children from Hanoi titled “thousands of pictures, thousands of wishes” will be on display on September 22.

The 1,000m long collection depicts Hanoi’s traditional customs, and the country’s splendour as well as the feelings people have for their teachers, the Party, and late President Ho Chi Minh.

Addressing the opening ceremony for the collage on September 9, the Deputy Head of Hanoi’s Department of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Ngoc Bich, said that the work is a gift to celebrate the capital city’s 1,000^th millennium anniversary.

“The projects offered primary pupils an opportunity to explore history and Thang Long-Hanoi’s culture while encouraging young talented children to paint,” she said.

The collage will have paintings from primary school pupils from many others areas added to it in the future, she said.

The programme marks the start of a fundraising campaign for the “Vietnamese Children’s Dream Fund” to support disadvantaged children.