The 7^th Viet Nam heritage photo contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on 1 August, with registration now opening to Vietnamese citizens and foreigners.

Winner of the 6th Viet Nam heritage photo contest (Photo: VNA)

This year, in addition to traditional themes like the nature, physical culture and lifestyle, the awards introduces new topics on Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) and travelling experience with Vietjet Air.

Entries can be single or sets of photos captured in the past two years, with no time limitation set for the Ao Dai topic. Each candidate can send a maximum of 4 single photos to each topics as well as 4 photo collections, each set containing no more than 6 photos.

Submissions should be sent to cuocthianhdisanvietnam@gmail.com, with deadline falling on 30 September .

This year’s competition will present 18 prizes, consisting of 12 main prizes and six others for under-25-years-old photographers. The organsing board will announce the 100 photos selected for an online exhibition and brick-and-mortal ones in Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Noi, and Da Nang on 20 October. The awards ceremony will take place in Ho Chi Minh City this November.

At the launching ceremony, Editor-in-chief of Viet Nam Heritage magazine and head of the organising board Le Thanh Hai said she expects the event will continue attracting submissions from across Viet Nam and abroad.

The photo contest is held annually by the Viet Nam Heritage magazine under the Cultural Heritage Association of Vietnam to celebrate the Viet Nam National Heritage Day on 23 November. It aims to popularise images of Viet Nam to international friends and raise public awareness of maintaining and preserving the country’s cultural and natural heritages.

(Source: VNA)