Prize-winning photos go on display

The best photos from the 5th tourism photo contest entitled Viet Nam – My Homeland are on display at the Exhibition House in Ha Noi.
The contest was jointly organised by the Viet Nam Tourism Review and the Viet Nam Artistic Photographers Association to promote tourism during Ha Noi’s 1,000th anniversary and National Tourism Year 2010.
Entries including 4,426 colour and black-and-white photographs from 456 Vietnamese and foreign photographers.
The organising board selected the 138 best photos and presented awards to the top 17. A special prize went to a series of photographs entitled Cong Chieng Tay Nguyen (Gongs of the Central Highlands) by Ta Quang Bao from Ha Noi.
The contest entries were asked to reflect the uniqueness, beauty and variety in the life and culture of the Vietnamese people, as well as tourist areas, traditional festivals, and heritage, cultural preservation, and historic sites throughout the country.
The exhibition runs through Monday at the Exhibition House, 29 Hang Bai Street, Ha Noi.