Fifth Golden Moment press photo awards launched
Hanoi (VNA) – The fifth edition of
the “Golden Moment” press photo awards was launched by Vietnam News Agency
(VNA) in Hanoi on September 6.
The event is run as part of activities to mark
the 73rd founding anniversary of the State-run agency (September 15, 1945).
Speaking at the launching ceremony, VNA Deputy
Director General Le Quoc Minh, Chairperson of the award council, said photography
plays a crucial role in the press.
With the development of technology, taking
photos no longer requires specialised equipment as nowadays many mobile phone
models are able to take high-quality photos.
The content and artistry
of a photo makes the professionalism of a journalist, he said, adding that the
award creates a useful playground for journalists and photographers to show
their personal perspectives alongside their professional skills.
He hoped the Vietnamese press photography would
go on to gain more international awards in the time ahead.
A new feature of this
year’s event is a separate competition section for photos shot with mobile
phones.
All photographs must have been taken from
January 1, 2017 to November 30, 2018.
The organising board will receive single photos
or a collection of photos from the launch day until 6pm on November 30, 2018.
Regarding submissions of photograph collections, they must be a minimum of three photographers and a maximm of 12 images.
Contestants can send their entries on the
website www.khoanhkhacvang.vnanet.vn or via the email
khoanhkhacvang05@gmail.com.
The photos cover wide-ranging fields from politics, diplomacy, and economy to
culture, healthcare, education, sport, and environment.
The contest is designed for both professional
and amateur photographers who are Vietnamese citizens.
The organising board will not receive entries
which are arranged, cluttered, or technically intervened. All parameters on the image file must
be kept unchanged without adjustments. The contestants must ensure accuracy of
the photo information.
The awarding ceremony is due to take place in
December 2018, including one first prize, two second prizes, three third prizes,
as well as some consolation prizes.
Seventy-three awards will be put on display at
the event. The first “Golden Moment”
press photo award was launched by VNA in 2008. The Vietnam News Agency boasts a
network of 63 bureaus in all the cities and provinces nationwide and 30
overseas bureaus across five continents.
With more than 1,000 reporters and editors among
its 2,400-strong staff, the agency is now the largest producer of media
products in the country. It produces more than 60 products including bulletins,
photographs, television programmes, dailies, weeklies, monthlies, magazines,
pictorials, books, TV programmes, e-newspapers, and information programmes on
mobile platforms.
The agency also delivers news in the largest
number of languages. In addition to official Vietnamese-language news items
provided to domestic and foreign media outlets, articles are published in
English, Chinese, French, and Spanish, not to mention print and e-newspapers in
four other languages: Lao, Korean, Japanese, and Russian. –VNA