Vietnamese student wins prize at ASEAN Youth Video Competition
Jakarta (VNA) – Le Thu Thuy from the Academy of
Journalism and Communication has won one of the three top prizes at the ASEAN
Youth Video Competition on reducing plastic pollution towards sustainable
lifestyle.
At the final
round held virtually on October 8, Thuy together with Tayzar Min Aung from
Myanmar’s University of Economics and Trisa from the University of Indonesia, was selected from the 10 contestants for the prize, each worth 750 USD.
Co-hosted by
the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies and the Norwegian Institute for Water
Research (NIVA), the event aimed to raise ASEAN youths’ awareness of ocean
plastic waste pollution and guide them in how to use digital platform to express their
creative ideas about the field.
It was also meant to support the ASEAN Regional Action
Plan for Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN member states.
The event
attracted 150 entries by candidates from Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand. Its board of juries comprised experts from
Facebook, Google, BBC, CNN, ASEAN Foundation and NIVA./.