The Vietnam Dynamic Students (VDS) in New South Wales on August 31, successfully hosted the Gala Blossom, promoting the traditional Vietnamese culture to international friends. Participants enjoyed songs and theatre pieces performed by Vietnamese students demonstrating their pride and love for their country, people and their determination to build a strong and prosperous nation. The highlight of the event was the final stage of the Miss University beauty pageant to seek a representative for the Vietnamese students in New South Wales. The VDS also held a charity event whereby its students sold drinking water, postcards and embroidered paintings to raise funds for the Agent Orange/dioxin victims in Vietnam and for the Rice with Meat programme for disadvantage children in mountainous and remote regions of the country. VOV