Photo contest launched to mark Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park’s 20th anniversary
Entries are being invited for a photography contest on Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park which was held to mark its 20th founding anniversary (2001 – 2021).
Entrance of hang Pygmy, the fourth largest cave on earth, located inside Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province. (Photo: nhandan.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Entries are being invited fora photography contest on Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park which was held to markits 20th founding anniversary (2001 – 2021).
Both Vietnamese and foreign photographers aged 18 andabove are eligible to take part in the competition, according to the nationalpark’s management board that organize the contest.
Entries must be high-resolution photos depicting naturallandscapes, forests, caves, native flora and fauna species and people’s dailylife taken by professional cameras or smartphones inside the Phong Nha–Ke BangNational Park. They must have not been awarded in any other competitionslocally or internationally.
They must be submitted to the contest’s official website //anh.phongnhakebang.vn or viathe email pnkb.cuocthianh@gmail.com before November 15.
Winners will be announced in November.
A cave at Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park. (Photo: VNA)
Located in the central province of Quang Binh, Phong Nha-KeBang is frequently referred to as the "Kingdom of Caves" for themagnificent specimens it hosts.
The 900 sq.km national park, which UNESCO labeled as aglobal heritage site in 2003, is home to over 300 caves and grottoes that dateback 400 million years.
The karst formation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Parkhas evolved since the Paleozoic Era and is the oldest major karst area in Asia,according to TripAdvisor.
Around 30 caves are now open to visitors, which havecreated a tourism boom and given much-needed revenue to the once war-tornprovince.
In March, TripAdvisor readers selected Phong Nha-Ke Bang asone of the world's 25 best national parks.
It ranked 15th and was the only national park inSoutheast Asia to appear on the list which took into account the quality andnumber of traveler reviews and ratings published on its website over a 12-monthperiod./.
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Entrance of hang Pygmy, the fourth largest cave on earth, located inside Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park in central Quang Binh province. (Photo: nhandan.vn)
A cave at Phong Nha–Ke Bang National Park. (Photo: VNA)
