A photo entitled “Buddha statue on the roof of Indochina”, taken by Le Viet Khanh, won third prize in the Professional category at the Monochrome Awards, the world’s most prestigious black-and-white photo contest. Khanh said the photo was taken on a very cold winter morning after a night of heavy rain. He said he was lucky to capture a fleeting moment when the clouds were parted by a strong wind at the top of the mountain, just enough to glimpse the magnificent Buddha statue looming in the mist.

Nguyen Ngoc Thien claimed second prize in the Aerial Photography category at the annual 35AWARDS for his shot entitled “Catching fish in the morning”, which shows fishermen catching anchovies on Hon Yen Islet in Phu Yen province in southcentral Vietnam.

Tran Viet Van won first prize in the Street Food category at the UK’s Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Awards with a shot of four young girls enjoying chè (sweet soup) on a street in Hoi An, a UNESCO heritage site and a top Vietnamese tourist destination. Van said the four young girls happily eating chè made him feel that life is lovely even in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

An image snapped by Khanh Phan entitled “Drying fish” finished first in the Travel category at the Sony World Photography Awards 2021. The photo shows a lone woman surrounded by hundreds of trays of drying fish at the Long Hai fish market in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau

“Harvesting Waterlilies”, taken by female photographer Khanh Phan, ranked third at the Malta International Photography Awards 2021. The photo was snapped in Moc Hoa district in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province of Long An in late 2020.

An aerial shot of fishermen on a small boat casting their nets into the sea, taken by Nguyen Phuoc Hoai, won the Merit Award at the All About Photo Awards 2021. The pic was taken early in the morning near Yen Islet in Phu Yen province. By chance, the nets form a giant heart against the blue sea, which is why Hoai called the photo “Heart of the Sea”.  

A photograph called “Feeding the ducks”, by Nguyen Phuoc Hoai at Tra O Lagoon in the central province of Binh Dinh, picked up second prize at the Food in the Field category at the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Awards.

Pham Huy Trung's shot of a woman harvesting water chestnuts in a field in Thang Binh district, Quang Nam province, won first prize in the Drone Photography category at the annual 35AWARDS.

A photo taken by Nguyen Huu Thong, called “Flea Market Breakfast” won first prize in the Food at the Table category at the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year Awards. It was captured at a rural market in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Photographer Pham Huy Trung took the top spot in the People category at the 2021 Drone Photo Awards with his shot “Fishing in Mangrove Forest” of a man fishing in the Ru Cha mangrove forest in Tam Giang Lagoon, Thua Thien-Hue province. Mangroves lose all their leaves in winter, revealing their whitish trunks and creating an impressive setting for a dramatic photo.