Vietnam has carried off two awards (one for organisations and the other for individual) at the Higashikawa International Photo Festival taking place in Japan from August 4-10.
The Vietnamese team – Thang Long – includes three members: Nguyen Khac Hieu, a 9th grade student from Ecopark Doan Thi Diem School, Nguyen Ba Hoang Minh, a 11th grade student from the Foreign Language Specialized School (FLSS) under the National University and a To Quang Minh, a 12th grade student from FLSS under the Hanoi National University of Education.
The festival attracted 13 teams from 10 countries and territories, including China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Latvia, Uzbekistan and the host country – Japan.
Participants vied at three marathon photo contests for three consecutive days in three category- landscape, daily life and festivities.