A photo exhibition will feature 245 artworks about Vietnam in Ha Long City, the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh from October 30 to November 8.
Bird's eye view of Ha Long - a photo in a collection that wins the
gold prize (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)
The information was released at a press conference on the biennial event held
in Hanoi on October 24.
This year, the exhibition features two topics, namely "Ha Long – Quang Ninh:
New Perspective” and "Freedom”.
According to Ma The Anh, deputy head of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition
Department and head of the exhibition’s art council, in the three months after
its launch, the exhibition received 10,000 submissions from 1,450 professional
and non-professional photographers nationwide.
The art council selected 245 works from 192 photographers, and awarded two gold
prizes, four silver prizes, six bronze prizes and 10 consolation prizes.
Water festival - a photo in a gold prize collection (Photo: VNA)
Dao people on border marker 1327 - silver prize (Photo: VNA)
The winners will be honoured during the course of the exhibition.
Source: VNA
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