Attendees included Lieutenant General Tran Hoai Trung, Political Commissar of Military Region 7, along with representatives from various units, 40 fine art photographers, and journalists from media agencies in the Southern region.
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Major General Doan Xuan Bo, Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper, speaks at the event. |
The "Portraits of the Soldier" photo contest, launched by PAN in October, 2023, aims to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding day of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22, 1944 - 2024), and the 35th anniversary of the Whole People’s Defense Festive Day (December 22, 1989 - 2024).
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Lieutenant General Tran Hoai Trung, Political Commissar of Military Region 7, and representatives from various units join the gathering. |
Eligible participants of the contest are Vietnamese citizens, including those living, studying, or working abroad, and foreigners residing, studying, or working in Vietnam. The submitted works reflect the activities of officers, soldiers, defense employees, throughout the entire military, as well as the militia and self-defense forces, in training, combat readiness, production, natural disaster prevention and control missions, gratitude activities, mass mobilization, external affairs, culture and sports events.
Major General Doan Xuan Bo thanked the delegates for attending the gathering and suggested photographers to actively participate in the contest to promote the military of military soldiers. The organizers hope that agencies and units will create favorable conditions for photography enthusiasts who love the military to produce high-quality entries for the contest, he added.
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Leaders of the People's Army Newspaper and the contest organizers in a joint photo with delegates at the event. |
Representatives of fine art photographers expressed their joy and pride in accompanying PAN's photo contest, demonstrating their passion for the theme of Uncle Ho's soldiers, and promising to create quality photographic works in the future.
Translated by Chung Anh