An annual press photography contestentitled Khoanh Khac Vang (Golden Moment) held by the Vietnam NewsAgency (VNA) ended on Sept. 15.
This year’s the contest themed, Vietnam-Renewal and SustainableDevelopment, attracted 597 professional and amateur photographers.
A total of 3,280 entries were sent to the contest, showing livelymoments and events from across the country, says VNA General DirectorTran Mai Huong.
“The organising board was moved that so many photographers fromdifferent ages and different parts of the country, including remote andborder areas, had joined the contest,” he says. A group of seventhphotos, entitled Dong Xang Dau “Made in Vietnam” (The Petrol Made inVietnam), by Thanh Long, Duc Tam, Ha Thai, Quang Nhut and Thanh Dat wasgranted first prize in the contest.
The photographers spent many days at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery in thecentral province of Quang Ngai to capture important moments at Vietnam’s first commercial fuel processing plant, which marked the developmentof the domestic oil industry.
The photo Mot Noi Dau Chung – Mot Khat Vong Chung (A Common Misery – ACommon Hope) by Van Son was also awarded first prize in the individualcategory. Son had a chance to capture a moving meeting in the centralcity of Da Nang between victims of Vietnamese Orange Agent and Japanesesurvivors of the atom bomb from Hiroshima .
The photo send a message of peace to the whole world, he says.
VNA Publishing House director Vu Quoc Khanh, a member of the jury, wasalso impressed by the photos entitled Trai Tim Cho Em (Hearts forChildren), which were granted third prize, by Vu Hieu. The photosrecorded a child’s life before and after heart surgery.
“The photographs show so much and urge visitors to think,” Khanh says.
One hundred and thirty excellent photographs, including 23 awardedones, are on display at the Exhibition House at 93 Dinh Tien HoangStreet , Hanoi until this Saturday./.
This year’s the contest themed, Vietnam-Renewal and SustainableDevelopment, attracted 597 professional and amateur photographers.
A total of 3,280 entries were sent to the contest, showing livelymoments and events from across the country, says VNA General DirectorTran Mai Huong.
“The organising board was moved that so many photographers fromdifferent ages and different parts of the country, including remote andborder areas, had joined the contest,” he says. A group of seventhphotos, entitled Dong Xang Dau “Made in Vietnam” (The Petrol Made inVietnam), by Thanh Long, Duc Tam, Ha Thai, Quang Nhut and Thanh Dat wasgranted first prize in the contest.
The photographers spent many days at the Dung Quat Oil Refinery in thecentral province of Quang Ngai to capture important moments at Vietnam’s first commercial fuel processing plant, which marked the developmentof the domestic oil industry.
The photo Mot Noi Dau Chung – Mot Khat Vong Chung (A Common Misery – ACommon Hope) by Van Son was also awarded first prize in the individualcategory. Son had a chance to capture a moving meeting in the centralcity of Da Nang between victims of Vietnamese Orange Agent and Japanesesurvivors of the atom bomb from Hiroshima .
The photo send a message of peace to the whole world, he says.
VNA Publishing House director Vu Quoc Khanh, a member of the jury, wasalso impressed by the photos entitled Trai Tim Cho Em (Hearts forChildren), which were granted third prize, by Vu Hieu. The photosrecorded a child’s life before and after heart surgery.
“The photographs show so much and urge visitors to think,” Khanh says.
One hundred and thirty excellent photographs, including 23 awardedones, are on display at the Exhibition House at 93 Dinh Tien HoangStreet , Hanoi until this Saturday./.
