Vietnamese photographers have bagged 21 out of the 31 prizes for winning works at the fourth International Photo Contest launched in Vietnam from March 15 to July 15. Foreign judges praised host photographers for the creativity and uniqueness of their works.

The contest, under the theme For a beautiful life on earth, has attracted more than 5,700 works from 1,042 photographers, including those from Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Britain, Denmark and Finland. Nearly half the works were black and white.