Photo Di Lam Sang (Morning Rush Hour) by Vietnamese photographer Viet Van has won in the People – Daily Life category of the Mulafoco Award Contest in Uruguay. — Photo Viet Van

HA NOI (VNS) –—Vietnamese photographer Viet Van has grabbed two top prizes at the Mulafoco Award Contest in Uruguay.

His photo Di Lam Sang (Morning Rush Hour) won in the People – Daily Life category, while the Khoanh Khac Quyet Dinh (Decisive Moment) photo triumphed in the Architecture&Urbanisation – Transport Means category.

Van, a journalist with the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper, will receive a recognition diploma of Master of Contemporary Photography, and his photos, together with the other award-winning photos, will be exhibited in Mulafoco's annual exhibitions as well as on its website.

The contest is part of the Mulafoco Project Museum – the Latin American Museum of Contemporary Photography in Montevideo, Uruguay – which sponsors photographers and artists who work with photography in all forms across the world. – VNS