Jakarta (VNA) – Le Thu Thuy from the Academy ofJournalism and Communication has won one of the three top prizes at the ASEANYouth Video Competition on reducing plastic pollution towards sustainablelifestyle.
At the finalround held virtually on October 8, Thuy together with Tayzar Min Aung fromMyanmar’s University of Economics and Trisa from the University of Indonesia, was selected from the 10 contestants for the prize, each worth 750 USD.
The ASEAN Youth Video Competition aimed to raise ASEAN youths’ awareness of ocean plastic waste pollution. (Photo: thiennhien.net) Co-hosted bythe Centre for Southeast Asian Studies and the Norwegian Institute for WaterResearch (NIVA), the event aimed to raise ASEAN youths’ awareness of oceanplastic waste pollution and guide them in how to use digital platform to express theircreative ideas about the field.
It was also meant to support the ASEAN Regional ActionPlan for Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN member states.
The eventattracted 150 entries by candidates from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia,Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. Its board of juries comprised experts fromFacebook, Google, BBC, CNN, ASEAN Foundation and NIVA./.
