Photographers are invited to send photos featuring Vietnam's ethnic groups for an exhibition to be held towards the end of March.

The exhibition will be held in the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism.

Each competitor can send up to four 50 cm x 75cm photos of various genres, including black and white and colour photos.

Soft copies should be sent to the organisers by February 28, while 50 finalists will be selected by March 15.

According to Dinh Thi Van Chi, an organising member, the exhibition aims to attract more than 1,300 representatives from 160 countries who will take part in the 132th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

After being displayed at the village in Dong Mo District, 40km west of Ha Noi's city centre, the collection will be exhibited at the Hanoi Culture College in till May 19.-VNA