Vietnam Taekwondo player faces fine for entering beauty pageant in Thailand

[Aepsilons]

Authorities on Friday said they have never granted any permission for Nguyen Van Son, a member of the national Taekwondo team, to compete in an ongoing male beauty contest in Thailand.

The 21-year-old athlete will face a fine of up to VND30 million (US$1,500) for the violation, local media reported.

Over the past two years, nearly a dozen of Vietnamese women have entered beauty pageants without any official endorsements and then faced penalties soon after their homecomings.

Nguyen Van Son poses in an army uniform for the Mister Global contest.
Under a rule, those who want to compete in a beauty contest abroad must have at least one national title before being selected by the culture ministry to represent the country.

Son, who has won 15 medals at national and regional Taekwondo tournaments, did not have any beauty title.


Mister Global

Despite the pending fine, Son is still preparing for the final gala on Saturday of the Mister Global pageant, organized for the second time in Bangkok.

He said he was invited by the contest’s organizers, asking for support from his fans from home.

The man, who is 1.93 meters tall, has been considered one of the front runners.

At the national costume competition, Son chose to wear a uniform of the Vietnamese army, which sparked controversy among many Vietnamese.


Vietnam Taekwondo player faces fine for entering beauty pageant in Thailand | Arts & Culture | Thanh Nien Daily

 

[Aepsilons]

@BoQ77 , @NiceGuy , @Viet --- this is too excessive. I don't know why the Vietnamese Government is being too excessive, lol.

 

[BoQ77]

Well. There're many beauty contests world wide.
Any Vietnamese people are free to travel aboard, ... then .... hmm

 

[NiceGuy]

@BoQ77 , @NiceGuy , @Viet --- this is too excessive. I don't know why the Vietnamese Government is being too excessive, lol.

Ministry stands firm on showbiz work permits
VietNamNet Bridge – Leaders from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism emphasised that it is necessary to apply work permit rules to singers and models in the country.

Kid talents would not be granted work permits.



The ministry’s Department of Performing Art recently held a meeting to gather opinions about the draft regulation on the issue.

“Recently several singers and models conducted performances without permission, and many performed 'sexy' dances at bars, wearing skimpy costumes,” Nguyen Dang Chuong, Director of the department said.

Ho Anh Tuan, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said relevant authorities should continue inspections after granting licenses. Any artists who are found violating the regulation would have their work permit revoked. Those whose licences have been revoked three times or were found guilty in criminal cases would be banned from performing.

The draft regulation stipulates five groups of artists subject to the work permit including, honoured artists, artists working at art establishments, artists acquiring art certificates at art training institutions, those who win prizes at domestic and foreign art and miss contests, those who are studying at training institutions and any ones who are good at or interested in art and fashion performing.

The regulation stirred up public concerns as several people who win prizes at television contests for children singing like Quang Anh and Phuong My Chi are not subject to the work permit. Even though these children are still studying at school and under working ages, they have continued to perform at several events with payments reaching hundreds of millions dong.

Chuong said that these talented singers would not be granted work permit but are allowed to conduct performances if their parents guarantee for them.

Singer Kyo York. Foreign artists not subject to work permit but need to get approval for performances in Vietnam.



Foreign professional artists coming to Vietnam for performances likes model Andrea and singer Kyo York would also not subject to the regulation. They would have to get approval for their performances under the regulations in Decree 79, he noted.

Those who lack of professionalism, but want to perform at bars, such as Angelia Phuong Trinh and Le Thi Huyen Anh or “Ba Tung” must also seek work permit.

“Scandalous cases such as that of “Ba Tung” do not meet requirements for a work permit. They need more time to correct their behaviour, improve their professionalism and nurture their ambition for the performing arts,” he emphasised.

Angelia Phuong Trinh may not be granted work permit.

Those who have art talent and want to conduct their first performances are not required to seek a work permit but a license would be needed if they want to continue to perform.

Ho Anh Tuan said that they would continue to gather opinions. They plan to grant work permits to singers and artists beginning from next April and will apply this regulation to all artists by 2016.

Ministry stands firm on showbiz work permits - News VietNamNet

 

[Razia Sultana]

Authorities on Friday said they have never granted any permission for Nguyen Van Son, a member of the national Taekwondo team, to compete in an ongoing male beauty contest in Thailand.

The 21-year-old athlete will face a fine of up to VND30 million (US$1,500) for the violation, local media reported.

Over the past two years, nearly a dozen of Vietnamese women have entered beauty pageants without any official endorsements and then faced penalties soon after their homecomings.

Nguyen Van Son poses in an army uniform for the Mister Global contest.
Under a rule, those who want to compete in a beauty contest abroad must have at least one national title before being selected by the culture ministry to represent the country.

Son, who has won 15 medals at national and regional Taekwondo tournaments, did not have any beauty title.


Mister Global

Despite the pending fine, Son is still preparing for the final gala on Saturday of the Mister Global pageant, organized for the second time in Bangkok.

He said he was invited by the contest’s organizers, asking for support from his fans from home.

The man, who is 1.93 meters tall, has been considered one of the front runners.

At the national costume competition, Son chose to wear a uniform of the Vietnamese army, which sparked controversy among many Vietnamese.


Vietnam Taekwondo player faces fine for entering beauty pageant in Thailand | Arts & Culture | Thanh Nien Daily

He is a handsome man. From the title i thought he entered a beauty contest for women. you often get confused in thailand.

 

[Viet]

I like if he rather crushes the enemies on the mat.

 

[Aepsilons]

Impressive. So is Taekwon do the standard hand to hand martial art for the Vietnamese Army?

 

[Bornubus]

He would pay the fine .....from the earning from his modeling.....