Organizing the 2025 Young Photography Festival in Hanoi

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) has just issued Decision No. 762/QD-BVHTTDL on organizing the Youth Photography Festival in 2025.

Accordingly, the Young Photography Festival is held every two years to encourage the development of young photographers, contributing to promoting creative activities and publishing works reflecting contemporary life through the lens of young Vietnamese photographers.

The work "Mother and baby whale hunting in Binh Dinh sea" won the Gold Medal at the 2023 Young Photography Festival. Photo: Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition

This is also an opportunity for young photography enthusiasts across the country to exchange, learn, meet, introduce creative achievements, and supplement the next generation of Vietnamese photography.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism assigned the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibitions to preside over and coordinate with the Hanoi People's Committee and relevant agencies and units to organize this event. The launching ceremony is expected to take place in early April 2025 in Hanoi. The opening and award ceremony will be held in late August 2025 in Hanoi.

According to the plan, the Organizing Committee will select about 160 works submitted by young authors to attend the Festival to organize an exhibition, of which about 17 outstanding works will be selected to award prizes.

Regarding content, encourage new compositions with a youthful style, carrying the breath of contemporary, modern, dynamic life.

All Vietnamese citizens aged 18-35 (including Vietnamese people living and working abroad) can submit entries.

The categories participating in the Festival include: Realistic photography and conceptual photography. In which, the realistic photography category has the theme “The era of national rise”. The content reflects contemporary life, people, culture, landscape, nature, the construction and protection of the Vietnamese Fatherland.

Conceptual photography genre with content reflecting issues that young people are interested in; thoughts, opinions, ideas about life and content that aims at the values ​​of truth, goodness, beauty...

The award structure includes 2 Gold Medals; 3 Silver Medals; 5 Bronze Medals; 7 Encouragement Prizes.

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