Vietnamese students won second prize in the 54th UPU International Letter Writing Competition

On September 20, Vietnam Post Corporation ( Ministry of Science and Technology ) announced that within the framework of the closing ceremony of the 28th World Postal Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Pham Doan Minh Khue, class 10C2, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, Son Tra District, Da Nang City, excellently won second prize in the 54th UPU International Letter Writing Competition (2025).

The 54th UPU International Vietnamese Letter Writing Competition (2025) attracted more than 1.6 million letters sent from 65 countries around the world . The first prize (gold medal) was awarded to a female student from Turkey. The second prize (silver medal) was awarded to Pham Doan Minh Khue from Vietnam. The representative of Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa) won the third prize (bronze medal) at the competition.

This is the 19th time Vietnam has had students win International Prizes. The UPU International Letter Writing Competition has been held for 37 years. Previously, Vietnam won 2 first prizes, 2 second prizes, 8 third prizes and 6 consolation prizes.

The organizers awarded second prize to Pham Doan Minh Khue.

The 54th UPU International Letter Writing Competition (2025) was organized by UPU with the theme "Imagine you are the ocean. Write a letter to someone explaining why and how they should take good care of you".

With a letter about the movie script titled “The Ocean’s Plea” to the famous director James Cameron, Minh Khue transformed into the ocean to tell her own story. The heart of the ocean is writhing, in pain, about to stop beating because of indifference, destruction and begs an influential person to make a movie that will awaken the whole world.

Minh Khue's letter surpassed more than 1.5 million entries from students nationwide, winning the National First Prize at the 54th UPU International Letter Writing Competition (2025) in Vietnam.

Through the letter, I want to express the voice and responsibility of the young generation to spread the message of ocean protection through small but practical actions. “I believe that conveying this message through movies, a media that is easily accessible to today’s youth, will help raise awareness and responsibility of everyone in protecting the ocean,” Minh Khue shared.

Source: https://baolangson.vn/hoc-sinh-viet-nam-dat-giai-nhi-quoc-te-cuoc-thi-viet-thu-quoc-te-upu-lan-thu-54-5059542.html