Vietnamese photographer wins five prizes in Australia's contest
Photojournalist Tran Viet Van from Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper has won four silver and one bronze prizes at the Better Photography Photographer of the Year 2023 in Australia.
“Sahara Desert in sunrise” photo by Van Viet (Photo:betterphotographyphotocomp.com)
Hanoi (VNA) – Photojournalist Tran Viet Van from Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper has wonfour silver and one bronze p𝄹rizes at the Better PhotographyPhotographer of the Year 2023 in Australia.
The silver-winning photos are “Man walking a camel on the sand” in the Exotic Travel category; “Sahara Desert in sunrise” in Classic Landscapescategory; and “A bookseller in Rabat” and “A friendly shoemaker” in the Emotive Portraitscategory. Van took the photos in September this year during his trip to Morocco. Meanwhile, the photo “Take off” that he took in Havana, Cuba, was presented with a bronze. The competition has attracted the participation of hundreds of well-knownphotographers all over the world, including the world acclaimed Belgian photojournalist Alain Schroeder. Van has won many prizesat Better Photography, Australia. In 2022, the photographer brought home threesilver and two bronze awards. Last September, he was among those winning the Honorable Mentions given out bythe 20th International Photography Awards (IPA) 2023 of the US. Van started taking pictures in 1998 and has so far won over 80international photo prizes. He has also worked as a judge at many filmfestivals and photo contests in Vietnam./.
Tran Viet Van, a journalist of Lao Dong (Labour) Newspaper, claimed three silver and two bronze medals in the annual photo contest run by Australia’s Better Photography Magazine.
Tran Viet Van, a journalist for Lao Dong (Labour) Newspaper, won two silver awards at the recent international New York Photography Awards 2022 that attracted over 3,500 entries by photographers from 50 countries across the world.
Vietnamese photographer Tran Viet Van from Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper was among those winning the Honorable Mentions given out by the 20th International Photography Awards (IPA) 2023 of the US.
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“Sahara Desert in sunrise” photo by Van Viet (Photo:betterphotographyphotocomp.com) 
