Mid-Autumn Festival carrying lanterns to go out

Mid-Autumn Festival according to the Lunar calendar is the 15th day of the 8th lunar month every year. This is a children's festival and is also known as Lantern Festival, Moon-watching Festival, and Reunion Festival. Children often look forward to this day because they are often given star lanterns, carp lanterns, and masks by adults, and eat moon cakes.

The Mid-Autumn Festival cannot be without the image of colorful lanterns shining brightly under the golden moonlight. For Vietnamese people, lanterns come in all colors and are made from items familiar to daily life such as paper, fabric, silk, colorful plastic paper, bamboo and candles. Traditional Mid-Autumn lanterns come in a variety of shapes and carry many different meanings for Vietnamese people. Among them, the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival in Phan Thiet is a traditional festival, imbued with the culture of the coastal region of Phan Thiet, formed over the past several decades. Every year, this festival is held (usually on the 13th, 14th or 15th of the 8th lunar month).

The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming very soon, let's join Vietnam.vn to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with the people of Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan, through the photo series "Mid-Autumn Festival carrying lanterns to play" by author Nguyen Van Anh, to understand that this is a festival that people often call "The place to return". This is also a traditional festival, imbued with the culture of the coastal region of Phan Thiet, and the lanterns are transformed into countless vivid and brilliant shapes. The photo series was submitted by the author to the Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam", organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Everyone's childhood has experienced the Mid-Autumn Festival gathering with family, carrying lanterns, singing, breaking cakes, watching lion dances, watching dragon dances. But as we grow older, we tend to ignore or forget those childhood moments because of our busy lives, and every time we remember them, they are just fragmented, incomplete memories. But now there is a place to find those memories, to find the childhood that has passed. That is the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province, a festival that people often call "The place to return to". This is also a traditional festival, imbued with the culture of the coastal region of Phan Thiet, which has been formed for decades in this city.

In 2024, the Photo and Video Contest "Happy Vietnam - Happy Vietnam" will continue to be organized by the Ministry of Information and Communications in coordination with the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists on the website.   https://happy.vietnam.vn is open to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and over. The contest aims to honor individuals and groups with positive information products, making practical contributions to the propaganda and promotion of a beautiful image of Vietnam to the world. Thereby helping people in the country, compatriots abroad and international friends access authentic images of the country, Vietnamese people, Vietnam's achievements in ensuring human rights, towards a happy Vietnam.

Each contest category (photo and video) has the following prizes and prize values:
– 01 Gold Medal: 70,000,000 VND
– 02 Silver Medals: 20,000,000 VND
– 03 Bronze Medals: 10,000,000 VND
– 10 Consolation prizes: 5,000,000 VND
– 01 most voted work: 5,000,000 VND
The winning authors will be invited by the Organizing Committee to attend the announcement ceremony and award prizes and certificates on live television broadcast of Vietnam Television.

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