VietNamNet Bridge - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the video contest for vocational, college and university students. The contest aims to engage Vietnamese youth in addressing the country’s development challenges.

“Youth can contribute to and benefit from more prosperous communities and nations,” said USAID’s Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia, Jason Foley, who announced the contest at the American Center in Hanoi.

“Better understanding of youth’s ideas and approaches in addressing development issues will help USAID create programs that better support them, helping them to become part of the solution to today’s challenges," Foley said.

The contest invites Vietnamese students to create an original video that demonstrates a development issue in their community and propose a solution that they think could tackle it.

Issues may be related to health, education, agriculture, climate change, pollution, women’s empowerment, small business assistance, support for LGBT and other vulnerable groups or others.

The deadline for entry submission is April 28, 2015. USAID/Vietnam will select three winners, who will be presented with a MacBook Air (1st Prize), an iPhone 6 (2nd Prize) and a mini iPad (3rd Prize) along with certificates of recognition from USAID/Vietnam. The agency will announce the list of winners on June 5, 2015 and plans to hold an award ceremony.