(VOVworld)- A ceremony to present the Bui Xuan Phai- For Love of Hanoi Award took place in Hanoi on Thursday.

Photographer Le Vuong receives the Bui Xuan Phai - For the Love of Hanoi Award

The award was initiated by the Sports & Culture Newspaper of the Vietnam News Agency and the family of late painter Bui Xuan Phai in 2008 to commemorate the painter’s 85^th birth anniversary. The award is aimed at inspiring high quality works of art depicting Hanoi and a love for Hanoi and to honor their authors. The award has four categories: the Major Prize - For Love of Hanoi, and a Job Prize, Work Prize and Idea Prize. This year, the Bui Xuan Phai Award was presented to photographer Le Vuong, who depicted the accumulated simple beauty and rhythm of life of Hanoi in his works.