Beauty pageant showcases glam side of coal mines
VOV.VN - The Ha Lam Coal Mine provides a great day out with a unique opportunity for the 32 Miss Vietnam 2016 northern finalists to travel underground down one of the country’s oldest working mines.
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Situated in in Quang Ninh Province, it offers an unusual combination of exciting experiences, whilst providing a genuine insight into the hard-working lives of the country’s miners. |
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Coal miners at the mine generally have to get up before dawn and work all day in the cold, dark and damp, but today the beautiful pageant contestants make the day much brighter. |
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Contestants don protective gear |
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Including hardhats |
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Pleasant surprise for miners getting off elevator finishing night shift |
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One miner’s eye’s appear to gloss over |
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Nguyen Thị Ngọc Van (left) can’t hide her delight at meeting home town miner from Haiphong |
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Phung Bao Ngoc Van (left) from Hanoi says coal miner reminds her of her father |
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Visit by contestants – a real treat – in mine’s 50 history |
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And to more than 4,000 workers |
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Le Xuan Son, editor-in-chief of Tien Phong newspaper (third from right), hopes contestants would see importance of coal to economy’s health |
