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Sr. Col. Ngo Anh Thu welcomes Miss Cosmo 2025 Yolina Lindquist. |
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Non-Commissioned First Lieutenant Tran Ngoc Chau Anh, First Runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2024, meets Miss Cosmo 2025 Yolina Lindquist. |
During the meeting, Senior Colonel Ngo Anh Thu, PAN’s Deputy Editor-in-Chief, who chaired the event, introduced the two beauty queens to PAN’s more than 75-year tradition and history. He noted that the newspaper is one of Vietnam’s leading press agencies, with print editions widely circulated nationwide and an online platform available in Vietnamese and five foreign-language editions, namely English, Chinese, Lao, Khmer, and Russian. The newspaper’s mission is to disseminate information across all aspects of social life, with a particular focus on national defense and security. It adheres to a humane, objective, and truthful editorial philosophy, accompanying the development of the Vietnam People’s Army and the country as a whole.
Col. Thu emphasized that the Vietnam People’s Army is deeply loved and closely connected with the Vietnamese people, not only for its duties of training, combat readiness, and national defense, but also for its role in assisting civilians. “Whenever there are difficulties, the military is there. We take part in building major national projects, disaster prevention and response, search and rescue missions, and U.N. peacekeeping operations. The PAN is honored to be a key media agency that helps spread the noble values of Uncle Ho’s soldiers to the public, not only domestically but also internationally,” he shared.
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The exchange takes place in a warm and friendly atmosphere. |
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The two beauty queens enjoy Vietnamese tea. |
Sharing their impressions at the exchange, Miss Yolina Lindquist and First Runner-up Chelsea Fernandez expressed their pleasure and admiration at their first visit to and meeting with the PAN’s leadership, reporters, and editors.
Miss Yolina Lindquist said she greatly admired the contribution and dedication of the Vietnam People’s Army, particularly in supporting people in disaster prevention and search and rescue efforts. As an activist in the medical and community fields, she was especially impressed by the creativity of the Vietnamese military in applying technology, including the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, to deliver medical supplies and food to people in flood-affected areas.
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First Runner-up Chelsea Fernandez shares her feelings during the visit and exchange at the PAN. |
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The beauty of Miss Cosmo 2025 First Runner-up Chelsea Fernandez |
For her part, First Runner-up Chelsea Fernandez said she had visited Vietnam many times and was deeply impressed by the hospitality, kindness, and generosity of the Vietnamese people. From her personal perspective, Vietnam is always a country she holds in high regard and wishes to introduce and share with her friends and family. As a broadcast journalist working in the Philippines, the Miss Cosmo 2025 First Runner-up expressed her admiration for the more than 75-year history of the People’s Army Newspaper and its important role in Vietnam’s press system.
The two beauties expressed their hope that during their upcoming one-year tenure as Miss and First Runner-up of Miss Cosmo, they would have many opportunities to cooperate with the PAN to spread positive values to the public, while serving as bridges of friendship between the peoples of the United States, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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The beauty queens take commemorative photos with PAN’s officers, reporters. |
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The PAN is the first press agency in Vietnam to welcome and host the Top 2 Miss Cosmo for a visit and exchange. |
On behalf of the Party Committee and Editorial Board of the PAN, Col. Thu presented the Top 2 Miss Cosmo with fresh bouquets of flowers and a photo book titled, “80 Years of Journey of Independence – Freedom – Happiness,” compiled and published by the PAN. Notably, he also presented the two beauty queens with Southern Vietnamese scarves, a symbol of Vietnamese women’s resilience, steadfastness, loyalty, and diligence. The scarf is also associated with the image of Major General Nguyen Thi Dinh, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Liberation Army of Vietnam and the first female general of the Vietnam People’s Army.
Translated by Tran Hoai