(HBO) – Nguyen Xuan Thanh, a photographer from Hoa Binh province, has won a silver medal at the 18th artistic photo festival for the northern mountainous region held in Yen Bai earlier this month.
The
photo "Bring the water to village”, taken by Nguyen Xuan Thanh, member of the
Hoa Binh photographers’ association, wins a silver medal at the festival.
Photographer
Nguyen Xuan Thanh (third from the left) receives silver medal at the 18thartistic photo festival for the northern mountainous region.
The festival, themed "Nature and people in the northern
mountainous region,” received a total of 2,256 entries from 349 photographers
of 15 provinces in the region.
The jury selected 211 works by 128 photographers for exhibition
and awarded them with two gold, four silver, six bronze medals alongside eight
consolation prizes and three others for teamwork.
Nguyen Xuan Thanh, a member of the Hoa Binh photographers’
association, earned a silver medal for his photo "Bring the water to village”
at the festival./.
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The provincial Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on December 24 organised a conference to report on the results of collecting, researching, restoring, and preserving "Bi doi”, a musical instrument of the airophonic family and a traditional instrument of the Muong ethnic people in Da Bac district.
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