The Ministry of Culture will take measures to revoke Ngan Anh's crown.

On January 9, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a regular press conference for the fourth quarter of 2018 and voted on 10 cultural, sports and tourism events in 2018. At the meeting, many hot issues of the industry in recent times were raised, however, it seems that the explanations of the representatives of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have not yet found a conclusion.

Regarding the case of Miss Ocean 2017 Le Au Ngan Anh suing the Department of Performing Arts for not granting her permission to participate in the Miss Intercontinental 2018 contest, Chief of Office of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Thai Binh said: “Today, the Department of Performing Arts has invited the unit that requested permission to send Ngan Anh to participate in the Miss Intercontinental contest, Miss World Trading and Service Company Limited, to work. Previously, this company had also repeatedly asked to postpone the meeting with the Department of Performing Arts to clarify the reasons why Ngan Anh was denied permission. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will soon inform the press agencies about specific information.”

Inspectors from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will strip Le Au Ngan Anh of her crown if the organizers of the Miss Ocean 2017 pageant continue to fail to do so.

According to Mr. Binh, the Ministry Inspectorate has also worked with the organizer of the Miss Ocean 2017 contest, Vo Viet Chung International Company Limited, for many years. This company has also admitted and signed the decision to impose a fine. Ngan Anh also admitted to having undergone cosmetic surgery before participating in the Miss Ocean 2017 contest.

Also around this issue, information from the Department of Performing Arts at the meeting with the authorized lawyer of Miss World Trade and Service Company Limited on the afternoon of January 9 said: "In the coming time, the Department of Performing Arts will request Vo Viet Chung International Company Limited to withdraw the award and cancel the title of Miss Ocean 2017 Le Au Ngan Anh. If this unit does not proceed, the Department of Performing Arts will apply according to the provisions of current law, the Inspector of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will issue a document to impose a penalty and take measures to force the withdrawal of Le Au Ngan Anh's crown."

The Ministry of Culture announced that it will strip the crown of Le Au Ngan Anh.

Previously, on December 3, 2018, Miss World Trading and Service Company Limited submitted an application to the Department of Performing Arts to grant permission for Miss Ocean 2017 - Le Au Ngan Anh to participate in the Miss Intercontinental 2018 contest (taking place from January 8-27, 2019 in the Philippines).

However, the Department of Performing Arts once issued document No. 18/NTBD-QLBD dated January 11, 2018 requesting the organizer of the Miss Ocean contest to withdraw the contest results, specifically requesting to withdraw the crown of Miss Le Au Ngan Anh, and fine the Miss Ocean Organizing Committee 4 million VND for allowing a contestant who had undergone cosmetic surgery to compete. However, the organizer did not comply.

Le Au Ngan Anh informed the press that she will sue the Department of Performing Arts because, according to her, the Department broke the law when it did not grant her permission to participate in Miss Intercontinental 2018.

"To ensure her legal rights, Le Au Ngan Anh has authorized her personal lawyer to file a lawsuit against the Department of Performing Arts," said Le Au Ngan Anh's media representative.