Photo exhibition highlights love for sea and islands

A photo exhibition on the theme of ‘Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in my mind’ kicked off in Hanoi on August 3, as a meaningful activity of the 12 journalists and photographers who visited Truong Sa on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the first victory of the Vietnam People's Navy (1964 – 2018).

The exhibition attracts many visitors
The exhibition attracts many visitors

The opening ceremony was attended by Party Central Committee member, Deputy Head of the PCC Commission for Internal Affairs, Vo Van Dung; and Party Central Committee member, Director General of the Radio the Voice of Vietnam, Chairman of the Literature and Arts Theory and Criticism Council, Nguyen The Ky; along with a large number of photographers and photography enthusiasts in Hanoi.

The exhibition introduces 120 lively, authentic photographs through the journeys of journalists and photographers, including Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists, Vu Quoc Khanh; vice director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition, Tran Thi Thu Dong; Dat Mui Newspaper’s Editor-in-chief, Le Nguyen; Nguyen My Tra, Ta Hoang Nguyen, Ly Hoang Long, Nguyen Hoang Dieu, and Ha Huu.

The works at the exhibition are selected from thousands of photographs taken by the authors when exploring Truong Sa.

The exhibition provides those who have not yet visited Truong Sa Island, an insight into the beauty of the islands and the lives of cadres, soldiers and people on Truong Sa archipelago.

The event runs until August 7.