Sony World Photography Award 2018

The organiser of Sony World Photography Award 2018 has just announced the open and national categories of prizes including breath-taking and unique work of art. The 11th contest attracted the participation of 320,000 pieces of photographic professionals and enthusiasts all over the world. 

The photo below by Yen Sin Won won the first prize of national category (Malaysia) and was selected in the tourist category. It depicts a fisherman is stretching fishing nets.   

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

Ta Xua Reserve

Recently, Ta Xua Reserve has become a tourist attraction in Yen Bac District, Son La Province, northern Vietnam. The ideal moment of travelling is the beginning of spring when followers are in blossom that creates the beauty of nature, opportunities for photographic professionals and enthusiasts to capture breath-taking images.

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Riding on the sunset

Riding on the sunset by Chin Bong Leng is one of the 40 pieces of photography and won the second prize of national category (Singapore). This is Sony Photography Award of 2018 that has drawn the participation of 320,000 work of art.

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Son Doong Cave

Son Doong Cave is a well-known sightseeing at the heart of Phong Nha Cave, in Quang Binh Province. Since the British Cave Research Association explored, it opens for the public. The cave is so massive that a 747 airliner could fly through the cavern. A tourist find interesting in exploring trekking straight down the depth of world's largest cave.

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Ta Xua Mountain

Ta Xua Mountain offers a place for those wanting to admire the sightseeing of the beauty of nature on the coming of spring, an opportunity for those desiring to capture breath-taking photos at unique moments of nature.

Ta Xua Mountain is endowed with the mild climate around 10 - 20o C. Mong People occupy 90% of the population. Early morning, they leave their home with a bag on back to head off the forest to collect woods or collect asparagus. Recently, the tourism has been developed that help inhabitants make tourism-related business as a livelihood.

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A Paddy Field in Mekong River Delta

Mekong River Delta is home to paddy fields, a store of rice for Vietnam. Rice used to occupy the first place in the development of a country but now stands after the positions of seafood and fruit. However, rice still plays a key role in Vietnamese households as is the main foodstuff in every meal.

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Mekong River Delta

Making a tour to Mekong River Delta, a visitor finds images that depict fishermen are netting fishes, a common and interesting scenes.

Sitting on a motor boat, a tourist enjoy a glass of wine and fishing scenes, rural gardens and life, and a floating market.

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The Photo "Fishing" by Zay Yar Lin Won the First Prize of Skypixel Aerial Photography Contest

The photo "Fishing" by Zay Yar Lin won the first prize in the category of portrait in the Skypixel Aerial Photography Contest. A man uses a fishing tool to catch fishes in rive Inle, Myanmar.

The Skypixel photography is one of the premium photography community in the world. Its annual contest brings an opportunity to explore the unknown world and creates unique works of art from millions of professionals and enthusiasts from every corner of the world. 

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Mua Cave, Ninh Binh Province

Mua Cave is one of the worthy sightseeing sites in Ninh Binh Province, northern Vietnam. On the top, a visitor has a panorama on endlessly extending fields at foot of a cave. 

Mua Cave is a place for trekking to explore the beauty of nature and to have a panoramic view on limestone mountains. 

Mua Cave means a dancing cave as a king considered it as a place to enjoy dancing groups performed here. 

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Duck Farming

An aerial photography always inspires us with unknown world and unique works of art from new brand perspective. Founded in six years ago, Skypixel contest is one of the premium aerial photograph communities with six millions of professionals and enthusiasts. As it is the well-known contest with the total rewards worth $90,000, it draws the attention of people from every corner of the world.

Vietnamese photograpers won two prizes in this competition. The above photo by Nhan, Cao Ky depicts raising ducks in the downstream of Ba River. Once in a visit to his home village, crossing a bridge above Da Rang River, he had an impression on the beauty of nature and decided to capture this scene with his flycam Mavic Pro in hand. The image describes a farmer are walking in the middle of a big number of ducks that represents the peace in the countryside.

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

Dalat CIty in a blossom season

A photo is breath-taking viewers with multiple colour flowers. Plots of follows stand aside hills of circular pine trees that bring to visitors the beauty of nature in Dalat City, a Europe-looking city.

A scene of a field in the morning is covered with peacefulness and serenity.

The photo courtesy of VN Express

A path of camels across the sand

SkyPixel has just announced the winners of the annual aerial photography contest and results are breath-taking. The competition that ran from October to December 2017 has drawn the submission of 44,000 professionals and enthusiasts from 141 countries.

The above photo that won a consolidation prize photo by Abdullah Alnassar depicts a path of camels across the sand.

The photo courtesy of Sky Pixel

Asian Kid Fashion Show 2018

A group of 7 Asian designers from different Asian countries joined to organise a Kid Fashion Week of 2018 in Ho Chi Minh City that has drawn the attention of the public and interested people. It is not only a stage for talented designers to appease their passion but also for kid models to satisfy their desire of being a future model.

A group includes designers of Vietnam, Thailand, India, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Kanzathstan.

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre online

Festivals in the beginning of the year in Binh Duong Province

Binh Duong Province receives the influx of visitors across the country who goes for religious pilgrimage. Binh Duong organises activities to welcome tourists to these events. In the first month of the lunar calendar, Unicon dance groups perform openly in main streets. 

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Conic Hats

In a tour in Vietnam, a Dutch tourist Chris Schalkx realized a collection of photos to depict the simplicity of Vietnamese's daily life. These photos were posted on the tourism Instagram snapshot, Britain's Guardian Newspaper. These snapshots captured scenes of a daily life in Hanoi City, Hoi An Ancient Town, Ninh Binh Province, and Ho Chi Minh City. 

The above photo was taken in Hoi An Ancient Town where he found ancient styles of construction. A vendor of conic hats displays piles of hats that were painted with colourful followers.  

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Turn off the light for Earth Hour

This year, Earth Hour falls on 24 March. At present, the mass media in all cities and towns across Vietnam mobilizes the public to join this campaign by turning off all lights for 60 minutes or more for "a green life".

With a motto "Go more green", the Ministry of Industry has just launched a campaign to raise awareness of the public on the environmental sustainability. It is an event participated by the whole world.

There will be commitments of households, businesses, and organizations to turn off lights to save electric energy. Last year, Vietnam saved 471,000 kwh on Earth Hour.

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8 March marks gaps between man and woman minimize.

Gap

Gaps between man and woman are reduced or the equality of their rights increases. It is their continuous struggle for their current stand in the society. The above photo depicts a match between male and female wrestlers that took place in Vietnam. 

A dramatic wrestling match between male and female wrestlers took place 2 March in a festival in Van Tra Village, An Dong Town, An Duong District, Hai Phòng City, Vietnam. Wrestlers Thu, Nguyen Minh challenged to fight a male one who later accepted her words. The rule of this tournament is regardless age, weight and height but requires strength and determination. Winning is wrestling an opponent to touch his/her back on the ground.

As a result, Thu won the match.

The photo courtesy of ANTT

Ao Dai (long dress) and conic hat

The collection of Ao Dai and conic hat by designer Ngo Kien Huy that took place in the festival of Ao Dai on the pedestrian street Nguyen Hue attracted the attention of the public due to white long dresses, white paddy bushes and white conic hats.

The goal of this event is to honour Vietnam traditional dress and gracefulness of Vietnamese girl's silhouette. On the white ground of Ao Dai, pigeons that represent the peace are painted in the blue colour that embodies the environment. The message the designer wants to convey is to build a world free of a war. 

The photo courtesy of Thanh Nien online

Tet in the Highlands

The photo features a scene of Tet (the Lunar New Year) in Highlands. Two ethnic minority girls in traditional wear are looking down at a stream meandering along a valley. Tet is an opportunity for children to clothe traditional dresses to go along with their parents to entertainment places in a community.

The Photo Courtesy of Tuoi Tre Online

An Influx of Worshippers Jostle to Burn Incenses in Thien Truong Temples

On the first days of March (the 15th of January of the lunar calendar), people crowded pack at some temples to pray the best for their loved ones. Around the midnight of the eve, thousands gravitated to some main pagodas across the country. They elbow out of the way to burn a bundle of incense and ask for some ash which deems good luck.

Some temple organised a ceremony of opening royal seal after which people ask for a seal on a paper as a sign of good luck. A phenomenon of crowding at some sacred places created thefts and robberies. Many people had lost their money or personal papers due to religious visits.

The photo courtesy of Tuoi Tre News