Vietjet to accompany 2017 Heritage Photo Awards

Vietjet will accompany the 2017 Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards, which was launched on July 10, as a transportation sponsor.
Vietjet to accompany 2017 Heritage Photo Awards ảnh 1A Vietjet representative presents gifts to the organisation board of the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2017 (Photo: ​Vietjet)

Ho Chi MinhCity (VNA) -  Vietjet will accompany the 2017 Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards, which was launched on July 10, as atransportation sponsor.

[Sixth Vietnam heritage photo contest launched]

This is the 6th edition of the awards in celebration of the 72nd anniversaryof President Ho Chi Minh signing the first decree to preserve the traditionaland nationalheritage (23/11/1945 - 23/11/2017).

Being withthe awards, Vietjet looks to introduce and bring Vietnamese traditional andcultural values tothe awards participants, visitors, the youth and international friends; enhance public awareness about the discovery of natural and cultural values to be preserved.
Theairline will alsooffer domestic and international tourists free air tickets along with interesting giftswhen they join the contestabout Vietnam heritage.

Besides thetraditional topics such as the nature (sceneries, sea resources, forestresources, soil resources,wild animals and plants and the environment..); physical culture (architecture, sculpture,painting, historical and cultural sites, antiques, national preciousobjects,..) non-physicalcultures (people’s livelihood, rituals, biography photos,..), the awards alsointroduce a new topic on the traditional market.

Thetop 100 works will be exhibited online and in three cities of Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang andHanoi in late October 2017. Final result will be announced on Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage Day (November 23). 

Vietjet isthe first airline in Vietnam to operate as a new-age airline with low-cost anddiversified services tomeet customers’ demands. Vietjet is a member ofthe International Air Transport Association (IATA) with the IATA Operational Safety Audit(IOSA) certificate. The airline was also named as one of the Top 500 Brands in Asia 2016 byglobal marketing research company Nielsen and “Best Asian Low Cost Carrier” at the TTGTravel Awards 2015, which compiles votes from travelers, travel agencies andtour operators inthroughout Asia. The airline was also rated as one of the top three fastestgrowing airlinebrands on Facebook in the world by Socialbakers.

Currently, the airline boasts a fleet of 48aircraft, including A320s and A321s, and operates 350 flights eachday. It has already opened 67 routes in Vietnam and across the region to internationaldestinations such as Thailand, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, China, Myanmar andCambodia. It has carried nearly 40 million passengers to date.-VNA
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