Outstanding Vietnamese showbiz events in 2017

The programs 7th Wish, After the Glory, the TV series 'The Judge' and 'Living with Mother-in-law' that caused a stir, the wedding of Miss Dang Thu Thao... are notable entertainment events in the past year.

7th Wish: The touching story of artist Quoc Tuan and his son

On September 23, the program The 7th Wish aired with the story of actor Quoc Tuan and his 15-year journey with his child - Bom (real name Nguyen Anh Tuan) which spread and touched millions of viewers. Bom was born with Apert syndrome (localized early osteosarcoma, a rare and very cruel disease) but with a strong belief, actor Quoc Tuan was determined to help his child overcome the disease so that he could become a normal child.

Actor Quoc Tuan revealed that over the past 15 years, Bom has undergone 10 major surgeries and now, happiness has smiled on him and his father. Bom, the son of artist Quoc Tuan, just received a music scholarship on the afternoon of December 26 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Before that, when passing the entrance exam to the National Academy of Music, Bom received a two-year scholarship for being one of the five students with the highest scores. Bom studied Piano Jazz, Jazz Department. On the afternoon of December 26, Bom became one of 85 excellent students from five music schools to receive an additional scholarship.

Miss Do My Linh and runner-up Huyen My help Vietnamese beauty rise in rank

As usual, beauty website Globalbeauties has announced the Grand Slam rankings of countries' achievements at international beauty contests over the past year.

Runner-up Huyen My

This result is calculated from the 5 largest beauty contests in the world: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, Miss Grand International, Miss Supranational.

Miss Do My Linh

Last year was a 'jubilant' year for Vietnamese beauty when many beauties 'brought their bells to strike foreign lands' and achieved remarkable achievements. Among them, runner-up Huyen My's achievement of entering the top 10 of Miss Grand International 2017 and Miss My Linh's achievement of entering the top 40 of Miss World 2017 brought Vietnam a total of 3.4 points and rose to 19th place in the Globalbeauties rankings.

TV series The Judge, Living with Mother-in-law are causing a stir

2017 was a successful year for TV series when two films adapted from foreign scripts became popular: “The Judge” and “Living with Mother-in-law”.

Living with Mother-in-law ended in episode 34, satisfying many TV viewers. The film Living with Mother-in-law was adapted from the novel of the same name by the Witch Under the Sea (real name is Jia Xiao) - a Chinese author. When making it in Vietnam, in addition to respecting the original work about building a tense, fierce relationship, even considering each other as enemies between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, director Vu Truong Khoa also proactively adapted and changed a few details to make the film less intense than the original.

Rarely has a Vietnamese TV series, upon airing, received as much attention and comments from viewers as The Judge with 47 episodes. The psychological investigation film does not reflect on those seeking justice but on the other side, the criminals who commit crimes.

This is a film adapted from The Abitrator - an Israeli work that reached 6 billion views over the course of 3 seasons (4 seasons in total), breaking all television records in this country. This is Israel's most commercially successful film.

The fairy tale wedding of Miss Vietnam Dang Thu Thao

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The fairytale-like wedding of Miss Vietnam 2012 Dang Thu Thao – Trung Tin was one of the outstanding events in Vietnamese showbiz in 2017. At the wedding, the entrance to the banquet hall, the background for taking souvenir photos of guests, the stage and the banquet tables… were all filled with fresh flowers.

Not only that, the ceilings of the lobby and main banquet room are covered with high-quality silk combined with fresh flowers or sparkling crystal strips.

The show “Behind the Glory”: behind the scenes attraction and noisy litigation

As a program that focuses on the backstage of famous artists, the program "Behind the halo" quickly attracts audiences with many fascinating personal stories of artists.

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However, this program fell into controversy when episode 10 aired, in which artist Le Giang told the story of being beaten and pushed down the stairs by her ex-husband Duy Phuong, so she had to divorce. Immediately after that, Le Giang's ex-husband, artist Duy Phuong, decided to sue the broadcasting station and the producer of the program "After the glory" at the People's Court of District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. The court accepted this lawsuit on December 25, but Le Giang remained completely silent.

Miss Ocean 2017 criticized for being unattractive; punished

Le Au Ngan Anh was crowned Miss in the final night and received many mixed opinions, saying that her beauty was not worthy.

In addition, Ngan Anh admitted to having had cosmetic surgery to enhance her nose but had removed the fake cartilage, causing a stir in public opinion because it violated the regulations of the competition. She was also suspected of having had many cosmetic surgeries because her face had many different features compared to before.

However, after the scandal, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism only decided to fine the Miss Ocean organizing committee 4 million VND and has not yet decided whether to strip Ngan Anh of her crown or not.

According to Tien Phong