Ly Son during the purse seine fishing season.

From May to July each year, fishermen in Ly Son island district (Quang Ngai province) are busy heading out to sea with seine nets to catch seafood, mainly anchovies. This daily life has become an interesting subject for photography enthusiasts.

The "dance" of the green nets spreads across the sea in various shapes, such as circles, hearts, or lotus leaves. Viewed from above, each net is stretched taut across the sea, as if arranged skillfully by an artist.

Purse seine fishing nets operate on the principle of filtering water to catch fish. They are lowered from the vessel and pulled back up. Purse seine nets are specifically designed to catch schools of fish and are only deployed to a certain depth. When a school of anchovies is detected, fishermen use the net to encircle and catch them. The vessel is currently pulling in the purse seine net. During the fishing process, the shape of the purse seine net constantly changes. From the moment it is lowered, it is a flat net; at the end of the lowering process, it is a cylindrical shape; and during the reeling process, it takes on a spherical cone shape.

These are some thoughts that author Vu Minh Duc wants to share with the audience through his photo series "Ly Son Island during the purse seine fishing season," submitted through the Happy Vietnam Photo and Video Contest, organized by the Department of External Information, Ministry of Information and Communications .

The photo contest on the Vietnam.vn website is open to all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners aged 15 and above, aiming to honor individuals and groups with positive informational products that make practical contributions to promoting a beautiful image of Vietnam to the world . It also helps people in Vietnam, overseas Vietnamese, and international friends access authentic images of Vietnam, its people, and its achievements in ensuring human rights, moving towards a happy Vietnam through the authentic, vivid, and objective perspectives of professional and amateur photographers from Vietnam and abroad.

Prize values: 2 first prizes of 100,000,000 VND each; 2 second prizes of 30,000,000 VND each; 2 third prizes of 20,000,000 VND each; 10 consolation prizes of 5,000,000 VND each; 2 prizes for the entries with the most votes of 10,000,000 VND each; 2 prizes for the entries with the most shares of 10,000,000 VND each.

Bich Huong