Black & white picture Connect by Nguyễn Thanh An. — Photo courtesy of the artist

HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese photographers have won prizes at the 5th Balkan Exhibition. 

Nguyễn Thanh An, from the southern province of Đồng Nai, picked up the bronze medal in the Open category for monochrome pictures for his photo entitled Connect. 

An snapped a joyful moment of two children playing with lambs. In this category, Nguyễn Ngọc Sơn's Grandmother Ninh won the Salon HM award. 

Three other pictures by An, entitled Industrious; Mother and Together also receive honourable mentions. 

Nguyễn Thanh An's Industrious. — Photo courtesy of the artist

In the Nature and Travel categories, Trần Phong grabbed gold for the picture entitled Mother and Child 2; the Silver Salon medal for his picture Exported Coconut Fibre and Gold PSA medal for Colourful Tây Bắc.

The photo competition is held for amateur and professional photographers worldwide and includes categories such as open in colour, open in monochrome, nature in colour or monochrome, and photo travel in colour or monochrome.

Together by Nguyễn Thanh An. — Photo courtesy of the artist

The Balkan Exhibition attracted numerous quality photographers from around the world including Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UK, and Việt Nam. — VNS

Mother by Nguyễn Thanh An. — Photo baodongnai.com