The National Art Photography Competition and Exhibition “Proud of a Border” is held every two years. In the third time of organization, within only 5 months, the Organizing Committee received more than 14,000 photos from nearly 2,000 authors from 63 provinces and cities. Along with the increase in quantity, the quality of works participating in this year's Competition has also been significantly improved.
Many single and series of photos show valuable angles, compositions, and moments, rich in emotions, realistically and vividly reflecting the life, activities, and work of our people in border areas, especially where many ethnic minorities live.
At the same time, spreading the meaning, activities, and simple, sacred deeds, honoring the forces that are day and night preserving and firmly protecting the Fatherland's borders, reflects the 80-year tradition of the Vietnam People's Army.
At the Award Ceremony, the Award Council honored the 22 best works of this year's Competition, including: 2 Gold prizes for two works: "National Flag Flying on Hill A1 - Dien Bien Phu" by author Vu Minh Hien (Hanoi) and "Coffee from the Central Highlands - Proud of Vietnamese Brand" by author Nguyen Khac Hao (Hung Yen), along with 4 Silver prizes, 6 Bronze prizes and 10 Encouragement prizes.
128 works were selected for exhibition to introduce to the public across the country, the Vietnamese community abroad and international friends...
The award ceremony of the 3rd National Art Photography Competition and Exhibition "Proud of a Border Strip" in 2024 was recently chaired by the Central Propaganda Department, in coordination with the Central Commission for External Relations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Ministry of Public Security, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, the Border Guard Command, the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists and related units held on the evening of November 25 in Hanoi.
At the award ceremony, Politburo member, Party Central Committee Secretary, Head of the Party Central Committee's Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia assessed that after three times of organization, the National Art Photography Contest and Exhibition "Proud of a Border Strip" has increasingly made many impressions and practical effects.
The contest has attracted an increasing number of artists, intellectuals, especially the young generation, to actively participate in composing, promoting and disseminating photographic works on the theme of national borders and territories, thereby contributing to arousing love for the homeland and country, national pride, patriotism, and awareness of firmly protecting independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and preserving the sacred borders of the Fatherland among all classes of people.
From the results of the third national art photography contest "Proud of a border strip", Mr. Nguyen Trong Nghia suggested that the Central Propaganda Department coordinate with relevant agencies to compile, issue and publish an electronic photo book with modern technology, and at the same time direct the organization of virtual reality exhibitions and photo exhibitions in provinces and cities across the country to increase the spread of the contest.
