The administration of the central province of Khanh Hoa on February 3 said that it would not host the Miss World 2010 pageant but is aiming to get it right with the much lesser known Miss Earth 2010.

VietNamNet Bridge – The US-based RAAS group, owned by a Vietnamese American, has suddenly withdrawn sponsorship of the pageant.

VietNamNet Bridge – Speaking to the media in a press conference in Nha Trang City on January 18, an official of Khanh Hoa province said that the province is preparing for the Miss World 2010 pageant and seeking sponsors.

VietNamNet Bridge - Fishermen in Khanh Hoa Province are facing difficulties after the price of tuna dropped by almost VND30,000 (US$1.7) per kilo.

VietNamNet Bridge - Khanh Hoa province could sink the $500 million STX shipyard project this month if the investor failed to signal whether it would continue with the project. Nguyen Trong Hoa, director of Van Phong Economic Zone Management Board, said the province would wait for the STX Vina Company - a subsidiary of Korean STX Group, also the project owner, till December 31, 2009 to know reasons for delays.

VietNamNet Bridge – Time has run out for organizers of Miss World Vietnamese – a beauty pageant for Vietnamese women living, working or studying overseas.

Khánh Hòa Province Khanh Hoa.ogg pronunciation (help·info) is a province of Vietnam, located in the South Central Coast. It has a population of 1,066,300 and spans an area of 5,197 km². Its capital is Nha Trang. Khánh Hòa is the site of the last Nguyễn Emperor Bảo Đại's summer home, the Pasteur Institute for oceanography, and the Green Berets' headquarters during the Vietnam War in the late 1950s and 1960s. Cam Ranh Bay port is on land closest to a deep sea drop in Vietnam - the best site for submarine bases in Vietnam. An ancient Cham temple exists on the north side of Nha Trang.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Dam market in Khanh Hoa province is famous not only because it is the largest trading centre in the central region but also for its special products for men - hippopotamus.

Information on 24,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing large numbers of international clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries.