The hills, in the northern Phu Tho Province, 112 kilometers from Hanoi, are seen blanketed in early morning mist in Duc’s photo, which won in the Beauty of Nature category.

Bui Viet Duc's photo of Long Coc tea hills in Phu Tho Province.

Long Coc comprises a number of hills covered in tea plantations that look like upturned bowls placed next to each other. Tea farming is the main source of income for many people in Phu Tho.

In late autumn and early winter the hills are always covered in fog, making for an ideal picture for photographers.

Another photographer, Khanh Phan, won a $500 bronze prize in the contest’s Documentary and Travel category for a shot of a person fishing inside the Tinh Khe nipa palm forest, a popular eco-tourism spot in the central province of Quang Ngai.

Khanh Phan's photo of Tinh Khe nipa palm forest in Quang Ngai Province.

Nguyen Tan Tuan and Nguyen Phuoc Hoai won excellence awards in the Open category.

Tuan’s photo shows a woman harvesting water lilies in a pond in Moc Hoa District in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, and Hoai’s shows a fishing boat casting nets off the Phu Yen Province coast in central Vietnam.

Organized by the Smile World International Photography Union, this year’s contest attracted over 10,000 entries.

Vietnamese photo scores honorable mention at int'l contest

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Vietnamese lensman scores silver at French photo fest

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Bac Giang photographers win big at international art photography contest

(BGO) - The 11th International Art Photography Contest 2021 in Vietnam was launched by Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists under the sponsor of  International Federation of Photographic Art and Photographic Society of America and  Borderless Image Association from March 31 to July 31, drawing 1,518 photographers from 45 countries and territories with 16,924 entries.

Fishing in white-veined mangrove forest wins international photo contest

A shot of fishing in a stunningly white-veined mangrove forest in central Vietnam has won the first prize in the 'People' category of the 2021 Drone Photo Awards.

Photo book introduces 103 stories about General Vo Nguyen Giap

On the occasion of the 110th birth anniversary of Vietnam's late Legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap (August 25, 1911 - August 25, 2021), Hanoi Publishing House published the book "103 photo stories about General Vo Nguyen Giap" by Journalist-Photographer Tran Tuan, a former VNA reporter who had the opportunity to accompany the General for 35 years, from 1976.

Source: VnExpress