Photo contest on homeland sea, islands announces winners
Winners of this year’s national fine art photo competition on homeland sea and islands were announced during an award presentation ceremony held in Hanoi on December 20 night.
Tu The Duy from Kien Giang wins the “single photo” category for his work on a coastal village in Tuy Phong, Binh Thuan province. (Photo: vietnamnet.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) –Winners of this year’s national fine art photo competition on homeland sea andislands were announced during an award presentation ceremony held in Hanoi onDecember 20 night.
The event saw thepresence of Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh and Chairman of the PartyCentral Committee’s Commission of Popularisation and Education Nguyen TrongNghia.
Photographer Le Chau Dao wonthe first prize in the “photo collection” category for his series of photoscapturing beautiful landscapes along the coast of Phu Yen, his homeland. Meanwhile,Tu The Duy from Kien Giang championed the “single photo” category for his workon a coastal village in Tuy Phong, Binh Thuan province.
Four second and six thirdprizes alongside ten honourable mentions were also awarded during the event.
In his remarks at theceremony, Nghia said Vietnam has a coastline of 3,260km and thousands ofislands and islets, including Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos,so sea and islands not only form part of Vietnam’s territory but also provide living space for generations of Vietnamese people and for the nation’s sea culture to develop throughout the history.
He said the contest has successfully inspired national pride, patriotismand people’s sense of responsibility over Vietnam’s territorialsovereignty.
Photographer Le Chau Dao receives the first prize in the “photo collection” category for his series of photos capturing beautiful landscapes along the coast of Phu Yen, his homeland. (Photo of the organiser)
This year, thecompetition received nearly 6,000 entries by over 1,000 photographers fromacross the country, of which some 120 entries went through to the final round.
The biennial event was organisedby the Party Central Committee’s Commission of Popularisation and Education incollaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry ofForeign Affairs, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the VietnamPeople's Army General Department of Politics and the Vietnamese ArtisticPhotographers Association./.
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Tu The Duy from Kien Giang wins the “single photo” category for his work on a coastal village in Tuy Phong, Binh Thuan province. (Photo: vietnamnet.vn)
Photographer Le Chau Dao receives the first prize in the “photo collection” category for his series of photos capturing beautiful landscapes along the coast of Phu Yen, his homeland. (Photo of the organiser)
