Published:  00:00 Friday - July 20, 2007

Photographer Le Tung Khanh from Ho Chi Minh City has won the Grand Prize at the Nikon International Photo Contest 2006-2007 for his work “Vuot Song” (Riding The Waves).

Khanh’s photo of two fishermen struggling to rescue a sinking boat was exciting and filled with foreboding, said the jury.

“My heart was pounding so hard in the midst of the drama and it was my challenge to press the shutter,” Mr Khanh said after receiving the prize.

In the “Free Subject” category, another Vietnamese, Nguyen Thi Thanh Son, snatched the second prize for her work “Ban gia” (An Old Friend), taken in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum.