The event is open to all, professional and amateur, regardless of age, gender, or nationality. Entrants under 18 years of age require the permission of a parent or guardian.

Photo contest highlights cultural heritage and cultural creativity in Vietnam.

The entries should be taken after January 1, 2009 with a focus on the following four topics: Vietnam’s landscapes of heritage sites and monuments, cultural transmission from generation to generation, arts and creativity and the harmony between people and nature.

Contestants are encouraged to take into account the core UN principles of cultural sensitivity and diversity, gender equality, human rights and environmental sustainability in their process of taking and selecting photos for submission. Each entrant can submit a maximum of five photos to the contest.

Entries should be submitted to http://unesco.vietnamphotocenter.com/ no later than November 1, 2020.

The winners will be announced by November 15, with the three top awards winners earning a prize worth US$1,000 each while top 20 finalists will receive UNESCO certificates.

The contest winners will have their photos exhibited at relevant UNESCO events and functions as well as in UNESCO publications in Vietnam with full credit given to the photographers.

Outstanding press photos honoured

The second Press Gala 2020 and the awards ceremony for “Press Moments 2019” were held by the Nha Bao Va Cong Luan (The Journalist and Public Opinion) Newspaper under the auspices of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA).

Two photos showcasing central Vietnam make Agora top 50

Capturing Nam Cuong sand dune and Nhu Y River in central Vietnam, both images were named among Agora’s Beauty 2020 top 50.

Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2020 launched

The 2020 Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2020 were officially launched by Heritage Magazine under the Cultural Heritage Association of Vietnam at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 1.

Vietnamese photographer wins Agora's Spring photo contest

A beautiful shot of water lilies on the Yen stream outside Hanoi has won Agora’s Spring 2020 photo contest.

​‘Golden Bridge’ shot wins top architecture photo prize for Vietnam

A shot of Vietnam’s famous Golden Bridge held up by two giant hands in Da Nang is Agora’s world’s best architecture photo of 2020.

Source: NDO