Launching the photo and video contest 'Happy Vietnam 2024'

On the morning of March 20, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Information and Communications coordinated with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists and relevant agencies to organize the photo and video creation contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam 2024". This is one of the key activities in a series of media events - exhibitions on human rights in Vietnam in 2024.

The launching ceremony was connected online to the bridge points of provinces and cities across the country. Attending the launching ceremony at the Nghe An bridge point were representatives of the Department of Information and Communications, the Department of Culture and Sports; representatives of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Provincial Literature and Arts Association and the provincial press agencies.

The 2nd "Happy Vietnam" photo and video creation contest - 2024 takes place nationwide, aiming to discover and honor meaningful moments and stories in all aspects of Vietnam's political, economic, cultural and social life through photo and video works submitted by domestic and international authors to vividly affirm the achievements that Vietnam has achieved in the field of human rights.

Thereby mobilizing the combined strength of all classes of people in the country, the Vietnamese community abroad and international friends in communication work, promoting the image of the country and Vietnamese people to the world to affirm to the world that Vietnam is a peaceful, beautiful, dynamically developing and happy country.

The contest is open to all authors, both professional and amateur, Vietnamese and foreign, living in the country or abroad.

The prize structure of the Contest includes: 1 Gold Medal and 70 million VND; 2 Silver Medals and 20 million VND; 3 Bronze Medals and 10 million VND; 10 Encouragement Prizes each worth 5 million VND; 1 Most voted work worth 5 million VND.

In addition, the Organizing Committee will award Certificates of Merit to authors who won Gold, Silver, Bronze Medals and localities with the most works participating in the contest; localities with the most works winning first prizes... Authors who won Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Encouragement Medals in the photo category will be scored for titles and will participate in the annual Excellent Photography Awards; works that won prizes and exhibited will be considered for creative support according to the regulations of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists.

For authors who are not yet members of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists, each award-winning or exhibited work will be counted for points when considering membership admission according to the association's regulations.

Time to receive entries from March 20 - August 20, 2024. Authors submit entries directly on the website:https://happy.vietnam.vn.