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Vietnamese student wins 1st prize in int'l letter-writing contest

Xinhua, September 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

A Vietnamese student has won the first prize in the 2016 International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People held by Universal Postal Union (UPU).

Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, a student in Nam Sach High school in Vietnam's northern Hai Duong province, won the first prize of the 45th UPU competition under the theme of "Write a letter to your 45-year-old self," reported Vietnam's state-run radio VOV on Friday.

In her letter, Trang incarnated herself as the three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi who was drowned in Turkey while trying to reach the Greek island of Kos earlier this year.

In May, Trang's letter won the first prize of the contest at the national level in Vietnam.

According to VOV, Trang is preparing to come to the award ceremony held in Turkey on Oct. 1.

For the competition at the international level, top compositions of UPU member states were sent to the UPU.

In 26 years of participation in the contest, Trang has been the second Vietnamese to become first prize winner.

The annual International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People has been launched at the national and international levels since 1971, drawing millions of young people up to age 15 all over the world. Enditem