Danes first, Vietnamese youth second in int’l hospitality contest

      Two Vietnamese youth working in Ho Chi Minh City have won second prizes in the prestigious George Baptiste Cup hospitality competition which was held for the very first time in Asia this year.
At the awards ceremony held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue Sunday, Doan Thi To Nhan, 25, a waiter at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, took the second prize in the international professional waiter category. Nhan was awarded the first prize in the dessert and sweetmeat making competition.
Ho Tuan Minh, 23, a student of the Ho Chi Minh Restaurant and Tourism School, came second in the amateur categor]y.
Two Danes, Kocemba Jacob and Côte Pirre-luc took the first prizes in the two categories.
Fourteen contestants from 11 countries participated in the international competition.