Your browser does not support the audio element. A 19-year-old college student from the northeastern province of Cao Bang was crowned the new Miss World Vietnam 2019 after beating out 39 beauty contestants in the pageant finale on Saturday night, becoming the first Vietnamese woman to clinch such a title. Luong Thuy Linh, born in 2000 in Cao Bang, was declared Miss World Vietnam in the finale in the central city of Da Nang, a victory allowing her to represent Vietnam at the oldest-running global beauty contest Miss World in the UK this December. Two other young women, Nguyen Ha Kieu Loan and Nguyen Tuong San, claimed the first and second runner-up titles and will represent Vietnam in Miss Grand 2019 in Venezuela and Miss Intercontinental 2019 in India later this year, respectively. Top 3 Miss World Vietnam 2019 Nguyen Hoa Kieu Loan, Luong Thuy Linh, Nguyen Tuong San (from left) are seen in this supplied photo. This is the first time Miss World Vietnam 2019 … [Read more...] about Hanoi university student crowned first Miss World Vietnam
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Miss World 2021 to attend finale of Miss World Vietnam 2022
Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska (centre) speaks at the press meeting on August 11. (Photo: VNA) Binh Dinh (VNA) – Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawska will be present at the finale of Miss World Vietnam 2022, scheduled to take place in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, on August 12 evening. At a press meeting in Binh Dinh on August 11, Pham Kim Dung, head of the beauty pageant’s organising board, said the Miss World 2021 will also join charitable activities in Quy Nhon. Karolina Bielawska said this is the first time she has set foot in Vietnam, and that she can feel the warm welcome for her from all people. She comes to the contest’s finale to show her support for all contestants so that they can achieve their goals, she added. With 37 contestants, the finale is set to begin at 8pm on August 12 at Hai Giang Peninsula of Quy Nhon city. Miss World Vietnam 2022 is the second edition of the Miss World Vietnam pageant. In 2019, Luong Thuy Linh, a … [Read more...] about Miss World 2021 to attend finale of Miss World Vietnam 2022
Hanoi, Vientiane promote cooperation in investment, trade, tourism
The Hanoi event saw the participation of Dinh Tien Dung, Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, and Anouphap Tounalom, Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee, and Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the People’s Council of Vientiane. Nguyen Manh Quyen, Vice Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee, said relations between Hanoi and Vientiane and other localities in Laos have been promoted across all channels, with effective projects in economy, healthcare, education, agriculture, military and people-to-people exchanges. In the first half of this year, Hanoi exported 74.8 million USD worth of goods to Laos, making up 0.9% of the city’s total export value, while importing 98.3 million USD worth of goods from the neighboring country, or 0.48% of Hanoi’s accumulative import revenue. Noting the all-round cooperation between Hanoi and Vientiane, the official said the two capital cities have supported each other in … [Read more...] about Hanoi, Vientiane promote cooperation in investment, trade, tourism
Shares finish week higher on the back of steel, securities sectors
A worker checks products at a storage facility of Hoa Phat Group (HPG). The company's shares surged 2.4 per cent on Friday. — Photo hoaphat.com.vn Vietnamese shares finished the week higher, ending several days of sell-offs with a rebound fuelled by securities and steel stocks. On the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange, the VN-Index rose 0.82 per cent to close at 1,262.33 points. The VN-Index had lost 0.54 per cent in the last two days. More than 541.7 million shares worth VND13 trillion (US$555.7 million) were traded on the southern exchange. The market's breadth was positive with 273 stocks climbing, of which eight hit ceiling prices, while 166 declined. The VN30-Index, which tracks the 30 biggest stocks on HoSE, jumped 0.68 per cent, to 1,280.96 points. In the VN-30 index, gainers included Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), FPT Corporation (FPT), PetroVietnam Gas JSC (GAS), HDBank (HDB), Hoa Phat Group (HPG), Military Bank (MBB), Masan Group (MSN), Mobile World Group (MWG), … [Read more...] about Shares finish week higher on the back of steel, securities sectors