Quang Nam (VNA) – The central province of Quang Nam haslaunched a photo contest to promote the sixth Quang Nam Heritage Festival to beheld on June 9-14.
The provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism said thecontest is open for all Vietnamese and foreign photographers on topics coveringnature, cultural events, architecture, sculpture, crafts, daily life andlandscapes of Quang Nam.
Each competitor can send four photo collections with a minimum ofeight photos taken between 2015-17.
According to the department, the winner will take home acash-prize of 15 million VND (664 USD), while two runners-up will pocket 3million VND (132 USD) each.
Three third-place photographers will get 2 million VND (88 USD)each, and five encouragement prizes of 1million VND (44 USD) each will beawarded.
The award ceremony and contest winner will be announced on June 5.
As scheduled, the province will host 35 cultural events during thesixth Quang Nam Heritage Festival in Hoi An.
The opening ceremony of the festival will take place at Tam Thanhbeach in Tam Ky city on June 9, while the closing ceremony will be in Hoi An cityon June 14.
The province expects nearly one million visitors to enjoy thefestival.-VNA
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