Hanoi (VNA) – Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan received in Hanoi on July 4 Hoang Kieu, CEO of US company RAAS, which sponsors Miss World’s humanitarian activities in Vietnam.
Her guests also included Miss World 2007 Zhang Zi Lin, the First Runner-up of the Miss World Vietnamese 2007 Teresa Sam and Chairperson of the Miss World Group Julia Morley.
Vice President Doan praised Miss World’s charitable tour of Vietnam , where many poor people are in need of help. She acclaimed Julia Morley’s intention to consider Vietnam as a host of Miss World Pageant 2010.
Hoang Kieu, a Vietnamese American entrepreneur, said that though living far away from Vietnam , he was always looking towards the country with love. He expressed his wish to contribute more to the national development.
The same day, Zhang Zi Lin and Teresa Sam attended a ceremony to hand over gifts to poor people in Soc Son district in Hanoi .
The gifts included 15 houses, each worth over 43 million VND, built by the Vietnam Red Cross in Soc Son district. RAAS company contributed to each. The company has donated 20 billion VND to the building of such houses in the country.
The two beauties also visited the Ha Dong HIV/AIDS Control Centre in the northern province of Ha Tay , giving gifts and 500 million VND to the centre.
They plan to travel to Uong Bi district, the northern province of Quang Ninh on July 5.-Enditem
|
|