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Vietnamese photographer wins gold at int’l photo contest RGB 2021

The photo “Afternoon on the Cat Ba Bay” by Vu Manh Cuong has won the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) gold medal at the international photo contest RGB 2021.
Vietnamese photographer wins gold at int’l photo contest RGB 2021 ảnh 1Afternoon on the Cat Ba Bay (Photo: Vu Manh Cuong)
Hanoi (VNA) – The photo “Afternoon on the Cat Ba Bay” by Vu ManhCuong has won the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) goldmedal at the international photo contest RGB 2021.

The contest honours outstanding works of both professionaland amateur photographers around the world in the four categories of OpenMonochrome, Open Colour, Nature and Photo Travel.

Vietnamese photographers winning the ribbon award at thiscontest include Duong Duy Khang with “Ben thuyen Tam Coc” (Tam Coc Marina), VuManh Cuong with “Wayback 2”, Duong Vu with “Feeding 3” and “Tinh phu tu 2” (FatherLove 2), and Vu Hai with “Mu Cang Chai tourist site”./.
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