Vietnamese photographer Vu Manh Cuong has been awarded the gold prize at the fourth Shadow International Contest in India.

A work of Vu Manh Cuong 

The photo, featuring the beauty of terraced fields, claimed the leading prize in the competition’s tourism category.

Elsewhere in the contest, Vietnamese photographer Nguyen Huu Dung was awarded an Honourable Mention.

Furthermore, the outstanding works of nine other Vietnamese photographers are also to be displayed at the competition’s exhibition which will be held from April 24 to April 25.

The Shadow International Contest, organised by Worlds of Shadow, is under the sponsorship of the Federation of Indian Photography (FIP) and the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP).

This year’s contest received a huge number of submissions from photographers globally, including from France, Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey, the UK, and Vietnam.