The competition received more than 50 entries from students from 36 universities across the nation. The videos highlight a number of social issues, including environmental pollution, education, transport, orphans and street children, urbanization, agricultural development, conservation of historical relic sites and traditional arts.
The first prize went to a video clip calling for environmental protection through recycling bt Nguyen Quang Co, Do Huy Tao and Le Thi Thu Thao, while the second prize was presented to Hoang Trieu To for his work on education for ethnic minority children.
Vo Thi Minh Ngoc’s video that encourages people to ride bicycles to protect the environment won the third prize.
Through the contest, USAID hopes to learn more about Vietnamese youth’s ideas and approaches to addressing development-related issues, so that it can design projects that better support them and help them become part of the solution to today’s development challenges.
