Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Sam Holness of London, Great Britain, set a record of becoming the first person with autism to compete at the IRONMAN® World Championship. He completed the 140.6 triathlon in the overall time of 13 hours, 5 minutes and 44 seconds at Kona, Hawaii, as confirmed on May 13, 2023.

Cycle & Carriage Kia of Singapore, set a record of organising the longest car test drive relay. They arranged for 18 drivers to take turns going from the Kia Showroom to Jewel Changi Airport and back to test-drive the new Kia Niro Hybrid covering a total distance of 970.3 km in 21 hours and 32 minutes, as confirmed on May 13, 2023.

Adiv Seth of Singapore, set a record for being the youngest to cycle around Singapore. He cycled with his dad around Singapore covering a distance of 120.28 km in a day at the age of 6 years and 10 months, as confirmed on May 13, 2023.

Pawan Dhingra (born on July 23, 1969) of Punjab, India set the record for maximum super randonneurs titles won in 5 years. He has won 31 Super randonneur titles in 142 BRM events amounting to 55000 km within 5 years from May 2017 to October 2022 at different cities in various states of India (organised by Audax India randonneurs clubs) under the guidance of Audax club Parisian (France) as confirmed on December 29, 2022.

Dishes made from That Lat fish (bronze featherback fish) of Hau Giang province, Vietnam set a record in Asia Book of Records for maximum dishes. That Lat fish in Hau Giang province (Vietnam) has a high economic value, a sweet, tasty flavor, and notably tough fish meat. That Lat fish is processed into hundreds of diverse dishes using a variety of unique cooking methods such as frying, steaming, cooking hot pot, making salads, resulting in delectable dishes with a harmonious blend of Asian and European flavors, such as: That Lat fish cake, That Lat fish and bitter melon hotpot, That…

Edible bird’s nest of Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam set a record in Asia Book of Records for its uniqueness. Edible bird’s nest in Khanh Hoa (Vietnam) is considered a specialty food with very high nutritional content and is good for human health. Edible bird’s nest is exploited from cave -dwelling or home-raised swiftlets, with various types such as Red nest, Refined bird’s nest (which has a pink shade), White bird’s nest, etc. It is processed into many delicious and nutritious dishes, such as bird’s nest porridge, bird’s nest sweet soup, bird’s nest soup, etc. The record was confirmed on August…

The Lotus-based dishes from Dong Thap province, Vietnam set a record in Asia Book of Records. Dong Thap province (Vietnam) is known as the land of lotuses. Dong Thap lotus is processed into hundreds of delicious dishes, from soup dishes (chicken porridge with lotus seeds) to dry dishes (butterfly pea flower rice with lotus seeds), from savory dishes (stir-fried lotus stem with spawn) to sweet dishes (dried longan and lotus seed sweet soup), from instant food (roasted butter lotus seeds) to packaged items as gifts for tourists (lotus leaf tea). Almost all parts of lotus plant can be processed into…

Pham Van Tuyen (born on October 20, 1974) of Hai Phong city, Vietnam, set the record for possessing the largest “Bach Binh” collection (100 Fortune Vases), the most diverse collection of one hundred terracotta bas-relief vases with relief patterns and Vietnamese traditional motifs. The unique feature of the Bach Binh collection is that it is handcrafted, coated in gio-enamel, artistically and lavishly molded and thoroughly burned using traditional wood-burning techniques. Each Loc Binh (fortune vase) is a distinctive artwork with ancient relief patterns and cultural motifs such as dragons, tigers, lotuses, string chrysanthemums, as confirmed on November 18, 2022.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tam (born on August 5, 1948) of Hanoi, Vietnam set an Asia record for processing the largest collection with the theme “Lotus in Vietnamese cultural life”. Her assortment contains 433 lotus merchandise including 258 lotus pictures, oil paintings, lacquer art, gems, ceramics; 106 lotus-themed vases, utensils, and decorations; 69 lotus calligraphy and couplets. For over 20 years, she has organized exhibitions to promote Lotus art in Vietnam and globally. The record was confirmed on May 16th, 2023.

Pham Thi Mai Hoa (born on October 12, 1959) in Ha Noi Capital, Vietnam set the record for possessing “Long Van Khanh Hoi” – The full-body Eastern Dragon sculpture made of monolithic driftwood, which has a unique shape in Asia. The sculpture is 4.54 meters in length and 2.32 meters in height, and it depicts an Eastern Dragon flying into the sky. The record was confirmed on July 16, 2022.