Australian Mayor praises Vietnamese girl

Huynh Thi Ngoc Han, who won the Miss Tourism title in the Miss Vietnam Ethnic 2011, has been honored by the Mayor of Brisbane, Australia, as an outstanding International Student Ambassador.

On March 3, Han and former Vietnamese student Tran Quoc Duy were presented with a certificate of merit of the Mayor of Brisbane City for their positive role as International Student Ambassadors. Both were conferred the title International Student Ambassador in Brisbane in March 2011.

Duy has returned to Vietnam to work in his hometown, Binh Phuoc, after receiving the Master of Educational Management degree from the Queensland University in late 2011. Han still studies and work in a media firm in Australia.

Ngoc Han in Vietnamese ao dai at the Brisbane Welcomes International Students 2012.

Brisbane Mayor Graham Quirk (right) presents the certificate of merit to Ngoc Han.

He praised the Vietnamese ao dai.

Ngoc Han and Quoc Duy are among the first 29 international students of Brisbane who received the Friendship Ambassador title last year.

During their term, they and Vietnamese students successfully organized some events to advertise Vietnamese culture in Australia.

 Source: vietnamnet