APEC 2017 Photo Contest winners announced

The APEC Photo Contest 2017 winners were announced at the Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting by Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat’s Executive Director on November 7 in the central city of Da Nang.

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Vietnam's entry in the competition (Source: VNA)

Da Nang (VNA) - TheAPEC Photo Contest 2017 winners were announced at the Concluding SeniorOfficials’ Meeting by Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the APECSecretariat’s Executive Director on November 7 in the central city of DaNang.

The first prize was awarded to the photo “Sunset Life” by Tinh Than from Vietnamwhile “The Sea Flower” by Huong Vinh and “Building the Flower Industry” by TranDinh Thuong, both also from the host, received second and third prizes,respectively.

ThePopular Choice Award went to “Up and Forward” by Yu-Han Kung from theRepublic of Korea and “Harvest Time” by Oki Arisandi from Indonesia received theInfluencer Award.

TheAPEC Photo Contest is an annual initiative of the APEC Secretariat to collect stakeholders’ views on APEC’s messages andpriorities. The contest seeks the public’s visual interpretation of APEC’spriorities for 2017, including promoting sustainable, innovative and inclusivegrowth, deepening regional economic integration, strengthening small businesses’competitiveness and enhancing food security and sustainable agriculture.

Thewinners were evaluated by a judging panel consisting of world renownedphotojournalists, industry experts and senior public officials such as APECExecutive Director Alan Bollard, Agence France-Presse Photo Editor for NorthAmerica Eric Baradat, award-winning photographer Palani Mohan, APEC PhotoContest multi-year winner and photographer Truong Huu Hung, and PermanentDeputy Foreign Minister and Chair of APEC 2017 Senior Officials Bui ThanhSon.

Inits seventh year, the APEC Photo Contest 2017 received 2,126 entries fromvarious APEC member economies including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, China,Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, thePhilippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Inorder to reach a wider audience, this year for the first time the contestwelcomed entries from Instagram through the APEC Secretariat’s official account.

To honour the Instagram entries, the special “Influencer Award” was introducedand the winner was selected by the number of likes the photo received on thischannel. The first winner of the award this year is Oky Arisandi from Indonesiawhose photo received nearly 3,000 likes.-VNA

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