The Vietnamese Government on Wednesday approved the organisation of the Miss Universe 2008 pageant in the southern coastal province of Khanh Hoa.
Doan Kim Hong, chairwoman of the Advertising and Trade Fair Joint Stock CO, has the difficult job of co-ordinating the contest. To that end, the Hoan Vu Joint Stock Co has been established and has partnered with Nha Trang’s Hoan Cau Ltd Co and the Viet CEO Co.
They have raised the US$7 million necessary to sign the contract with the organising board.
"My two partners and I will travel to New York early next month to meet with and discuss financial and organisational issues with the pageants organising board," Hong said.
A lawyer and an expert in administrative processes will also accompany them.
Paula Mary Shugart, chairwoman of the Miss Universe Organising Board explained the eligibility conditions Viet Nam must satisfy.
These include: official government endorsement; financing of $15 million ($7 million for the pageant’s royalty, and the rest covering manpower and infrastructure expenses); an in-doors air-conditioned stage and audience hall with the capacity of 7,500 seats, 5,000 standard hotel rooms; as well as vehicles and bodyguards for the contestants.
Khanh Hoa People’s Committee plans to build a new pageant hall in Diamond Bay. Construction should start early next month and finish by mid-April.
Set decoration, backdrops and the sound and lighting systems will be contracted out to a foreign company.
Month-long tests will be conducted before the hall hosts the final round of the contest.
Hotel Sofitel Vinpearl will be the temporary home of the pageant’s VIPs, organisers, contestants and official guests, said Le Khac Hiep, chairman of the managing board of Vinpearl Joint Stock Company.
The local authorities also plan to upgrade Cam Ranh into an international airport by 2008. — VNS
Source: Vietnam News
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