The silver medal went to Nguyen Tien Loc, a 11th grader of the High School for Gifted Students of the University of Natural Sciences under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi. France is now the biggest bilateral donor in Europe for Vietnam while Vietnam is the second largest recipient of French ODA capital. The catwalk will feature Miss Universe Vietnam 2018 H'Hen Niê along with other models and pageant contestants. Leveraging the knowledge gained from the application of payment mechanisms for forest environmental services, Vietnam now sets its sight on extending this model to a variety of other ecosystems, such as marine and wetland environments, said Ha. In the first event, the Vietnamese National Sepaktakraw team won a silver medal in the men's hoop event and a bronze medal in the women's hoop event.
