Viet Nam bags top prize in ASEAN Youth Video contest

Viet Nam won the first prize and outperformed youth contestants from other nine Member States for the second year in a row at the second ASEAN Youth Video Contest. Jos Quyen (21), a graphic design student in Ho Chi Minh City designed, developed, and produced the winning video entitled “Real Action, Real Volunteering” which depicts youth volunteerism in Viet Nam and its impact to the ASEAN Community. Jos got the cash prize of $1,000.

“The ASEAN Foundation is pleased to support the ASEAN Youth Video Contest, which actively engages youth across ASEAN Member States to build awareness on ASEAN as well as to strengthen the sense of belonging,” says Elaine Tan, Executive Director of the ASEAN Foundation.
Winning second place was “The Merit Points” by Mohamad Addin Azhan Bin A Manap (22) from Malaysia which garnered a cash prize of $750, and the third placer was “Volunteer Woman” created by Chhin Long and Sieng Vireak from Cambodia with a cash prize of $500. All ten videos can be watched on ASEAN’s YouTube Channel.
The ASEAN Youth Video Contest began in 2015 through an initiative supported by the United States Government through the ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security (PROGRESS) project in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and the ASEAN Foundation.
Press-release at the ASEAN official web-site