A press conference is held in Hanoi on July 17 to launch a photo competition named "Challenge for Change". (Photo: VNA) Hanoi(VNA) – A photo contest named “Challenge for Change” will be inviting entriesfrom July 22 to August 25 as part of efforts to encourage actions on climatechange among young people.
Thecompetition, themed “the youthcommit to cope with climate change”, is organised by the EU Delegation to Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the French Development Agency (AFD)and the Embassy of France.
Entries can besubmitted individually or by groups. Each entry can consist of two to five before-and-afterphotos featuring the idea, location and how an activity, a model or a projectis done to implement an action or a commitment in response to climate change.
Award ceremonywill take place during the Climate Diplomacy Week held by the EU Delegation toVietnam in September.
Speaking at apress conference to launch the contest, head of the organising committee NguyenBinh Minh said the competition provides an opportunity for young people to showtheir creativity through solutions to cope with climate change. Via the event,these ideas and solutions will be promoted among young people and the communityto increase public awareness of the national and global issues.
Thecompetition is initiated after the so-called #trashtag challenge has gone viralearlier this year. The challange inspires people around the world to clean up rubbish in public areas and postbefore-and-after pictures on social media.
Over a weekafter the trend began gaining popularity in March, thousands of people worldwidehave posted photos and videos on social media, showing themselves cleaning upbeaches, parks, schools and streets. –VNA
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