A photo contest entitled ‘I Love Viet Nam’ was launched in Ha Noi on Wednesday with the aim of promoting Vietnamese tourism potential to domestic and international visitors.

‘Ca Mau Cape’, a photo by Nguyen Vinh Hien (Photo: vapa.org.vn)

The event, the eighth of its kind, is hosted by the Viet Nam Travel Review under the sponsorship of the Viet Nam Association of Photographic Artists.

The contest is open to all Vietnamese citizens, both at home and abroad, as well as foreigners who are working and living in Viet Nam.  Their entries are required to capture the beauty of the land, people and daily life in Viet Nam.

The photos must be submitted in.jpg format to http://www.anhnghethuatdulich.com before 10 June, 2018.

The first prize winner will receive a gold medal and 15 million VND (660 US$) in cash, along with 2 second, 3 third and 5 consolation prizes worth 45 million VND (1,980 US$) in total.

The most-liked and most-shared photos on Viet Nam Travel Review’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/VietnamTourismReview will be awarded with 1 million VND (44 US$) each.

An awards ceremony and an exhibition honouring the outstanding entries will be held in July of this year.

(Source: NDO/ DA NANG Today)