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

Student Pham Doan Minh Khue, class 10C2, Le Quy Don High School for the Gifted, excellently won second prize internationally.

The 54th UPU International Letter Writing Competition attracted more than 1.6 million letters from 65 countries around the world .

At the closing ceremony of the 28th World Postal Congress in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) on September 19, the first prize (Gold medal) of the competition was awarded to a female student from Türkiye.

Second prize (Silver medal) was awarded to Pham Doan Minh Khue from Vietnam.

Representative of Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa) won Third prize (Bronze medal).

This is the 19th time Vietnam has had students win international prizes in the UPU International Letter Writing Competition after 37 years of participation. Previously, Vietnam won 2 first prizes, 2 second prizes, 8 third prizes and 6 consolation prizes.

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.

Born and raised in the coastal city of Da Nang , Minh Khue said she was particularly impressed with this year's contest because the theme was closely linked to her homeland's land and sea and her concerns when witnessing human impacts affecting ocean life.

In the letter, the image of the "healthy" ocean of the past, the "exhausted" ocean of the present, appears realistically and vividly, step by step leading the reader to follow the complete script of the meaningful film about "The Ocean's Request".

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.

Thai Linh

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