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VietNamNet Bridge – Her one-year term as the Tourism Ambassador of Vietnam has ended but actress Ly Nha Ky still has to finish the remaining tasks because relevant bodies did not find a substitute yet.
Mr Nguyen Van Tinh, Director of International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told VietNamNet: "The appointment of the new Ambassador of Tourism is assigned to the Department of International Cooperation and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism. The new Tourism Ambassador will be appointed in early 2013. After Ly Nha Ky’s one-year term ends, there will have no one to be the Tourism Ambassador".
"The tasks for the Tourism Ambassador will not much in the coming time. Moreover, it depends on tourism advertising campaigns so until 2013 we will have a new Tourism Ambassador,” Tinh further explained.
In 2011, Ly Nha Ky - an advertising model, an actress, and a businesswoman - was appointed as the first Tourism Ambassador of Vietnam. The appointment stirred up controversy relating to Ky’s personal records, degrees and previous scandals in her private life.
However, as a Tourism Ambassador, Ky is appreciated to have positive contribution in promoting Vietnam's tourism in the country as well as abroad, especially the vote for Halong Bay as one of the new seven natural wonders of the world late last year.
Both Vietnamese and foreigners can be nominated or the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador position.
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