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Bridge - Zhang Jinlai, also known as Liu Xiao Ling Tong, will visit
Vietnam from April 4-7. The Chinese actor is best known for his role as
the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) in the 1986 television series “Journey to
the West”.
This will be his third visit to Vietnam. Unlike the previous visits,
Liu Xiao Ling Tong will not only sign books for fans and attend cultural
exchanges, but also meet with candidates for the title of Vietnam
Tourism Ambassador, in the venue of the International Tourism Fair VITM
2014 in Hanoi.
The tourism fair’s chief organizer, Mr. Vu The Binh, says that the
Chinese actor hopes to become the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador in China
and he was invited to participate in the meeting with the candidates of
the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador title on April 6 in Hanoi.
The meeting will include the participation of the former Vietnam
Tourism Ambassador, actress and businesswoman Ly Nha Ky, and the five
candidates for the title in 2014. These include actress Lan Phuong, Miss
Tourism Huynh Thi Ngoc Han, foreign language teacher Do Thi Hong Thuan,
Miss Southeast Asia Dieu Han, and the 1st runner-up of the Miss U.S.A
Asia 2012, Chau Mong Nhu.
Liu Xiao Ling Tong has often expressed his desire to become an
ambassador to promote the image of Vietnam in China. In 2010, during a
meeting in Vietnam, he said: "I am ready to become am ambassador to
promote Vietnam’s image unconditionally".
In 2013, in an interview with the China Radio International (CRI),
the actor again expressed his willingness to undertake the role of the
Goodwill Ambassador of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam.
The actor stated that, when his father was alive, he always wished
for a sustainable friendship between Vietnam and China. He hoped to have
the chance to realize his father’s dream by becoming the Goodwill
Ambassador of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam to promote
Vietnamese culture and people to the Chinese, as well as to people and
countries around the world.
In late 2013, he told CRI that the characters in the “Journey to the
West” series are loved by the audience at home and abroad and he wished
the series could become a bridge spanning the friendship between the two
peoples of China and Vietnam.
Liu Xiao Ling Tong is well experienced playing the role of an
ambassador for different organizations. In June 2013 he was appointed
the Image Ambassador of the Chinese Association of Protection of
Wildlife. Also in 2013, he served as the ASEAN Ambassador of Culture and
Goodwill for Youth.
T. Van
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