Young Vietnamese win prizes of European heritage essay contest

Five young Vietnamese have been awarded the first prize of an essay writing contest on European cultural heritage held by the EU Delegation to Vietnam and the Sinh vien Viet Nam (Vietnamese Students) newspaper.
Young Vietnamese win prizes of European heritage essay contest ảnh 1The first prize of the essay contest on European cultural heritage is presented to five young Vietnamese on March 4 (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Five young Vietnamese have beenawarded the first prize of an essay writing contest on European culturalheritage held by the EU Delegation to Vietnam and the Sinh vien Viet Nam(Vietnamese Students) newspaper.

The award ceremony took place in Hanoi on March4.

The competition attracted nearly 1,000 entrieswithin one month since its launch in November 2018. In their essays,participants expressed their understanding of tangible, intangible and naturalheritages of Europe.

The first-prize winners included a student ofthe International University under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi MinhCity; and another from the University of Languages and International Studiesunder the Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

Two former students of the Foreign TradeUniversity and the Hanoi University, along with a lecturer at the University ofForeign Languages under the Hue University, also won the award.

The prize for them is a tour of many EU membercountries like France, Italy, Belgium and Sweden.

The contest, the second of its kind so far, washeld in response to the European Year of Cultural Heritage in 2018.-VNA
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