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The 69th edition of the prestigious pageant previously was canceled over the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Nguyen Tran Khanh Van from HCMC was announced as the winner of the 2019 Miss Universe Vietnam beauty contest. Born in 1995, she is 1.76 m tall with body measurements of 83-60-91cm. The beauty has been chosen to represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2020. Khanh Van has recently joined a program titled "One Body Village", aiming at rescuing, restoring, and rebuilding lives of children affected by sexual abuse in Vietnam. She was also one of the ambassadors of the HCMC Ao Dai festival 2020. Launched in 1952, Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. This pageant is one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world. Singer Thuy Lam won Miss Universe Vietnam which was held for the first time in 2008. Pham Thi Huong, from the northern port city of Hai Phong was winner of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015. H’Hen Nie, a girl of E De ethnic minority group crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017. She represented Vietnam made it to the Top 5 alongside, Miss Philippines, Miss Puerto Rico, Miss South Africa and Miss Venezuela at the final round of the Miss Universe 2018 concluding in Bangkok, Thailand. Miss Universe Vietnam 2019, Khanh Van has shared her new photographs which follow her journey in preparation for the Miss Universe 2020 pageant. By Tieu Tan – Translated by Kim Khanh …

The Philippines on Wednesday condemned the "cowardly action" of a suspected Chinese fishing vessel accused of abandoning a Filipino fishing crew after a collision in the East Vietnam Sea, while thanking a Vietnamese ship for coming to the fishermen’s aid. The Chinese ship on Sunday hit a Filipino craft anchored near Reed Bank causing it to sink and leaving 22 crewmen "to the mercy of the elements," Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana was quoted by AFP as saying in a statement on Wednesday. "We condemn in the strongest terms the cowardly action of the suspected Chinese fishing vessel and its crew for abandoning the Filipino crew," Lorenzana said. "This is not the expected action from a responsible and friendly people." Lorenzana called for an investigation into the collision, and for "diplomatic steps" to be taken toward preventing a repeat of the incident. However, Philippine defense department spokesman Arsenio Andolong told AFP the agency had yet to confirm whether the vessel was Chinese-registered, adding it was the Filipino fishermen who identified it as such. The defense chief also thanked the crew of a Vietnamese fishing vessel in the vicinity which he said brought the Filipinos to safety. Members of Philippine Marines are pictured in the East Vietnam Sea on March 29, 2014. Photo: Reuters Like the Philippines, Vietnam has partial claims over the East Vietnam Sea, where Beijing has illegally built artificial islands with military facilities and airstrips. Reed Bank is about 150 kilometers off the Philippine island of Palawan. Although Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has largely set aside the bitter dispute with Beijing over the resource-rich waterway, Manila does sometimes protest against Chinese action in the East Vietnam Sea. Competing claims over the East Vietnam Sea is a point of regional contention because trillions of dollars of goods passes through it, and rich petroleum reserves are thought to sit …

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