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Ralph Coeckelberghs used to join movements protesting the war in Vietnam over half a decade ago, and since then he has been nurtured his love for the Southeast Asian country, VNA reported. Ralph Coeckelberghs and a propaganda poster in support of Vietnam. Photo: VNA In his home office in the suburbs of Brussels, the small souvenirs that Coeckelberghs brought back from his working trips abroad are elegantly displayed on bookshelves. Among them is a military hat with a five-pointed yellow star, a souvenir from his recent Vietnam visit in early March. There is also a clay buffalo and a lion statue made from a piece of coal he purchased in the northern Vietnam province of Quang Ninh over four decades ago. On the wall, he hangs propaganda posters against the Vietnam War. Fifty-five years ago, the 24-year-old student at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) was close with a group of Vietnamese patriotic students. Realising that the war in Vietnam was a preposterous one, he jo...

According to their rankings, Huyen is predicted to come in at 10th in the overall list. Elsewhere, Juliana Habib Lorduy of Colombia was selected as the favourite to be crowned the overall winner of the beauty contest, while Valentina Campion Capois of the Dominican Republic and Anna Baksheeva of Russia were picked for the first and second runner-up titles, respectively. Rounding off the list of the top 15 contestants are the beauties from Venezuela, the Philippines, South Africa, Chile, Ukraine, Poland, Indonesia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Cambodia, and Argentina. The first ever Miss Charm international beauty contest is currently underway in Ho Chi Minh City from February 3 to February 17. The pageant attracts the participation of 38 contestants from across the world, with the ultimate winner set to receive a cash prize of US$100,000. Vietnamese beauty Thanh Thanh Huyen stands at 1.70 metres tall and measures 85-61-89. She finished in the Top 15 of Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 and n...