The exhibition “Vietnam through the Lens of International Photographers” is the highlight of the Vietnam International Photography Festival, jointly organized for the first time this year by the Ministry and the Ninh Binh provincial People’s Committee.
After the launch, the organizing committee received 1,567 entries from 98 professional and amateur photographers from 19 countries and territories. The Arts Council established by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism selected 177 works by 93 photographers to display at the exhibition.
According to the organizers, the photos on display vividly capture Vietnam’s lifestyles, scenery, and people through the creative perspective of foreign photographers.
Themes of photos cover architecture, monuments, festivals, traditional art and crafts, scenic spots, and life in the mountain, rural areas, on the rivers, and in big cities.
Here are some of the exhibited pictures:
 "Make fishing nets”, Vinh Thanh village, 2019 (Photo: Agatha Bunanta - Indonesia) |
 "Sieving coffee", Buon Ma Thuot, 2019 (Photo: Art PH Chen - Chinese Taipei) |
 "Hoi An”, Vietnam, 2016 (Photo: Umberto D Eramo - France) |
 "Tea and cigarette time in Hanoi's Old Quarter” (Photo: Jared Fraser - Canada) |
 "Da Nang by night”, Vietnam, 2017 (Photo: Yan Lei - China) |
 "Hanoi welcomes a new year, opposite the Temple of Literature” (Photo: Tanya Pisarchuk – Russia) |
 "Lonely wooden boat”, Lang Co, 2018 (Photo: Pierre Semere - France) |
 "Vietnam’s ‘Boi’ folk singing”, Lang Ong, Ho Chi Minh City, 2020 (Photo: Pierre Semere - France) |
 "Residents of alley 2" (Photo: Eduardo Strle – Brazil) |
 "Mui Ne", 2020 (Photo: Wannapong Surarochprajak – Thailand) |
 "Hoi An", 2018 (Photo: Wannapong Surarochprajak – Thailand) |
 "Minh Thu", 2014 (Photo: Marie José Tack - France) |
 "Ho Chi Minh City", 2014 (Photo: David Poey Cher TAY - Singapore) |
 "Countryside musical note, Ninh Binh" (Photo: Ninh Manh Thang – Vietnam) |
 "Van Long – the best rock picture in Vietnam”, Ninh Binh (Photo: Ninh Manh Thang – Vietnam) |
 "Paraglide over a golden rice field”, 2018 (Photo: Nguyen Duc Toan – Vietnam) |
 "Crossing a bamboo bridge" (Photo: Adrian Whear - Australia) |
 "Sunrise on sand dunes”, Phan Thiet, 2013 (Photo: Ho Hon Yew - Singapore) |
 "Hanoi" (Photo: Liu Yunze - China) |
 "Da Nang”, 2000 (Photo: Domenico Ziccardi - Italy) |
The exhibition is also available on the website of the Department of Fine Arts, Photography, and Exhibition at ape.gov.vn. It will run until December 3.