Vietnam photo contest calls for global entries

The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) launched the eighth International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam 2015 (VN-15) on May 25, calling for entries of all amateur and professional photographers worldwide.
The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) launched theeighth International Artistic Photo Contest in Vietnam 2015 (VN-15) onMay 25, calling for entries of all amateur and professionalphotographers worldwide.

The biennial contest inVietnam is sponsored by the International Federation of Photographic Artand the French organisation Image without Borders.

VAPA Chairman and head of the VN-15’s steering board Vu Quoc Khanh saidthe competition is a chance for Vietnam to learn from the globalphotography’s quintessence and popularise excellent works of Vietnameseand international artists.

The VN-15 covers foursections of freestyle, women at work, sublime moments, and still lifefor both colour and monochrome photos.

Each entrantcan submit a maximum of four photos in each section. The file must besaved in the JPEG format with the maximum size of 5Mb each image.

Entries can be submitted to the website www.contestvn.com oremailed to contestvn2015@gmail.com. Discs recording image files canalso be sent to VAPA’s board of creation and exhibition at 51 Tran HungDao Street, Hanoi.

The contest will be closed onSeptember 15 while results will be announced on October 20. The awardceremony and exhibition are scheduled to take place in early December.

More information on the VN-15 could be found at www.contestvn.com and www.vapa.org.vn.-VNA

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