Sunday, 01/11/2020 14:53 (GMT+7)
(CPV) - The Hanoi Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) organized a ceremony in the capital city on October 31 to present prizes to winners of a writing contest on Hanoi marking the 1,010th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.
HUFO Chairwoman Nguyen Lan Huong presents first prize to Mr. Saleem Hammad (Photo: VNA)
The contest aims to help international friends and overseas Vietnamese to express their sentiments with Hanoi, thus enhancing understanding about the “City for Peace”.
During the contest, the organisers had received 206 entries, including those from Japan, France, Russia, Germany, India and Indonesia, Mozambique, the Philippines, Laos and Palestine.
Mr. Saleem Hammad from Palestine won the first prize while the two second prizes were presented to Nilov Roman, Third Secretary of the Russian Embassy in Vietnam and Ms. Nguyen Thi Tram, an overseas Vietnamese living in Germany.
The third prizes were presented to Pascoela Barreto dos Santos, Ambassador of Timor Leste to Vietnam; Chansida Inkhavilay, Secretary at the Lao Embassy in Vietnam; and Okabe Chikara from Japan.
According to HUFO Chairwoman Nguyen Lan Huong, many foreign contestants submitted their entries in fluent Vietnamese language, expressing their impression on Hanoi’s architect, landscapes, street foods and friendly residents./.
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