Artworks made from plastic waste in Hanoi's Phuc Tan Commune. (Photo: VNS)

The photo contest, entitled "Story of Plastic Waste", aims to increase community awareness about environmental protection.
The submitted photos must be taken from January 1 to April 30 in the coastal provinces of Vietnam. Entrants are not allowed to use Photoshop to change the content and nature of their pictures. The contest organisation board encourages photos from the southern provinces of Binh Duong and Binh Thuan, the central province of Binh Dinh and central Da Nang city and the northern province of Quang Ninh.
The photos should focus on the spread of waste, which is not properly disposed of in Vietnam; plastic waste in the ocean; the impact of plastic waste on the environment and ecosystem and to people, and waste treatment.
Contestants can register at cuocthianh.mediamaxvietnam.vn until May 5.