Awarding 17 awards and exhibiting excellent works of the 2025 Young Photography Festival

Deputy Minister Ta Quang Dong presented awards and certificates to the two authors who won the Gold Medal.

The Young Photography Festival is held every two years, for authors aged 18-35.

2025 marks the 6th time the event has been held, directed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, coordinated by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibitions in collaboration with the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union , and the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports. This is a meaningful event to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ta Quang Dong emphasized that in the realism photography category, the works displayed and awarded prizes truly and vividly reflected the beauty of Vietnamese people, culture and landscapes.

Mr. Ta Quang Dong highly appreciated the quality of the Contest and the efforts of the young photographers.

Through the lens of photography, the authors have captured moments of authentic life, full of creative energy, from new vitality in the countryside and urban areas, to the creative innovation and modernization of the country.

In the conceptual photography genre, young authors express their thoughts on contemporary life issues, thoughtful and creative perspectives on the relationship between humans and the community, nature and technology. These works demonstrate the spirit of criticism, exploration and deep artistic sense of today's young generation of artists - those who are constantly searching for new visual languages to express emotions, thoughts and values of the times.

According to the Organizing Committee, this year's Festival continued to receive positive responses from young photographers nationwide, with 2,009 entries.

The Art Council selected 124 works (realistic photography: 110 works, conceptual photography: 24 works) by 73 authors for display. Of these, 17 best works were awarded prizes.

As a result, the two works that won the Gold Medal were the photo series “Brightening Green Aspiration” by author Tran Minh Luong (Can Tho) and the photo series “Behind the Score” by author Phan Minh Tho (Gia Lai).

Young authors were awarded Encouragement Prizes.

There are 3 works that won Silver Medals: The photo series "Urban Rhythm - The Art of Light and Shape" by author Le Tuan Thanh (Hanoi), the photo series "Helicopters flying in the sky during the 50th Anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025)" by author To Chi Hung (Ho Chi Minh City) and the photo series "A man swims 100km in 2 days to continue the life of a child" by author Nguyen Van Nam Anh (Ho Chi Minh City). In addition, there are 5 Bronze Medals and 7 Encouragement Prizes.

The exhibition is open to visitors until September 5.