VietNamNet Bridge - While many people are disappointed at actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky’s withdrawal from the race for the Tourism Ambassador title, some new faces have appeared, including actress Lan Phuong and Miss Southeast Asia Dieu Han.

Ly Nha Ky quits race to be next tourism ambassador 

Ministry still searches for a new Tourism Ambassador 

 

 

Actress Lan Phuong. 

 
"The representative of actress Lan Phuong contacted me to ask about the procedures for participating in the selection of the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador. Through information provided by the media, I think that she is a fresh, promising face, with her own advantages," Mr. Nguyen Van Tinh, Director of the International Cooperation Department commented on the new candidate.

Tinh also said that Dieu Han has not made official contact to the agency to consult about the procedures.

It is interesting that Lan Phuong is a former classmate of the former Tourism Ambassador Ly Nha Ky. They studied dance together at the Vung Tau Children’s House in Vung Tau City when they were little girls.

 

 

Lan Phuong and Ly Nha Ky.

Lan Phuong is fluent in English and she used to be the Vietnamese ambassador for peace in Fukuoka (Japan), one of the young representatives of Vietnam on the South East Asia Youth ship in 2009. In the field of art, Lan Phuong is quite famous and has many more achievements than Ly Nha Ky.
 
If the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism approves the withdrawal of Ly Nha Ky, the Department for International Cooperation would extend the deadline for receiving applications for the position Tourism Ambassador to the end of June 2013, Tinh said.

M. Lan