Local image wins prize at Sony World Photography Awards 2022

The photograph features a street vendor as they carry flowers on a famous ceramic road located in Hanoi.

The contest organised by the World Photography Organisation has been held annually since 2007.

This year the event attracted over 170,000 entries from 211 countries and territories over the world competing across a range of categories, including professional, open, student, youth, and the national competition.

Vietnamese representative Thanh surpassed other 60 photographers to become the winner of the national competition.

He had previously been honoured in the Sony World Photography Awards 2019 for his photo of Long Coc tea hills in Phu Tho province.