The seventh Vietnam heritage photo contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, with registration now opening to Vietnamese citizens and foreigners.
Winner of the 6th Vietnam heritage photo contest (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The seventh Vietnam heritagephoto contest was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 1, with registrationnow opening to Vietnamese citizens and foreigners.
This year, in addition to traditional themes like thenature, physical culture and lifestyle, the awards introduces new topics on AoDai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) and travelling experience with VietjetAir.
Entries can be single or sets of photos captured in the pasttwo years, with no time limitation set for the Ao Dai topic. Each candidate cansend a maximum of four single photos to each topics as well as four photocollections, each set containing no more than six photos.
Submissions should be sent to cuocthianhdisanvietnam@gmail.com,with deadline falling on September 30.
This year’s competition will present 18 prizes, consistingof 12 main prizes and six others for under-25-years-old photographers. Theorgansing board will announce the 100 photos selected for an online exhibitionand brick-and-mortal ones in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang on October20. The awards ceremony will take place in Ho Chi Minh City this November.
At the launching ceremony, Editor-in-chief of VietnamHeritage magazine and head of the organising board Le Thanh Hai said sheexpects the event will continue attracting submissions from across Vietnam andabroad.
The photo contest is held annually by the Vietnam Heritagemagazine under the Cultural Heritage Association of Vietnam to celebrate theVietnam National Heritage Day on November 23. It aims to popularise images ofVietnam to international friends and raise public awareness of maintaining andpreserving the country’s cultural and natural heritages.-VNA
Photos depicting intangible and tangible heritages of Vietnam are on display at the Ho Guom Cultural Information Centre located in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, which gathers many international tourists everyday.
“The Convergence of Humans and Nature” is the theme of the Green Heritage Culture Tourism Week which is running at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts at No.2 Hoa Lu Street in Hanoi.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Winner of the 6th Vietnam heritage photo contest (Photo: VNA) 
