Vietnam’s U22 football team on June 28 trounced the Philippines 9-0 in its third match in Group G of the U22 Asian qualifying round.

A cuisine festival opened in the central city of Hue on June 28, featuring specialties of the central region.

A Canadian Cuisine Festival will take place in Hanoi from June 30 to the end of July.

An art exhibition, dubbed ‘A Transformative Disguise’ by Le Hoang Bich Phuong, a young artist from Ho Chi Minh City, will be held at the Japan Foundation Centre (JPF) in Hanoi from June 28-July 27.  

Track-and-field athletes left for Almaty, Kazakhstan, on June 27 on the hunt for Olympic berths at the Asian All Star Athletic Meet from June 30- July 1.

Violinist Dinh Thi Doan Hoa, cellist Tran Thu Van and pianist Dao Trong Tuyen will perform classical works by famous composers at a concert in Hanoi on July 21.  

Featuring 23 outstanding marksmen, the Army team has dominated the National Best Sharpshooter Championships which ended in Hanoi on June 27.  

Overseas Vietnamese pianist Mai Charissa Tran Ringrose will join four talented students from the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM) to perform at the French Cultural Centre, L’Espace, in Hanoi, on July 5.  

Supermodel Vo Hoang Yen has posed for photographs in Harper’s Bazaar magazine to mark its one-year publication anniversary in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese and Lao Ministries of Public Security co-organized an art exchange in Vientiane on June 26 to celebrate the 2012 Vietnam-Laos Friendship Year and other anniversaries of the two countries.

The 18th national junior cycling championships opened in Vung Tau city in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on June 26.

London’s Games will be “a very British affair, on a very global stage”, British Deputy Minister Nick Clegg delivers the message in his article, as the world’s biggest summer sporting event is drawing near.

Nguyen Thi Mai Hung won the girls’ U18 rapid chess event with six points at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Sri Lanka on June 26.

Vietnam Family Festival Day opened in Hanoi on June 26 to honour traditional family values.

An international seminar on the Cham Civilisation-the links between Vietnam and India, opened in the central coastal city of Danang on June 26.

The 3D Pixar cartoon “Brave” will be dubbed in Vietnamese and officially open on the big screen in Vietnam on July 6.

A Korean food and beverage festival opened at the Big C Thang Long supermarket on June 25.

The training programme started on June 25 at the junior training centre in Hanoi after more than a month of active preparation.

Vietnam’s U22 football team has lost to host Myanmar despite opening the scoring in its second match in Group G of the U22 Asian qualifying round.  

Ten countries will participate in the 2012 Asia Pacific Little League Junior Division (U14) Championships that will take place in the central coastal city of Nha Trang from June 30- July 7.  

A National Vi-Dam Folk Singing Festival has been held in the central city of Vinh City from June 23-25. 

“AKI & KUNIKO”, a guitar and koto duo from Japan, will be in Hanoi and HCM City from July 8-10.

The Vietnamese gymnastics team has left the country for a training course in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Young racer Nguyen Viet Linh dethroned Le Huy Hoa of the Luc Phong team in the professional division at the Vietnam Motor Cub Prix at Danang’s Military Zone 5 Stadium on June 24.

Vietnam’s U-22 squad lost to Chinese Taipei 1-2 in Group G of the Asian U-22 qualifying round in Myanmar on June 23.

Two contestants from Hanoi, Nguyen Phuong Mai and Nguyen Huu Long, have won two gold cups at Vietnam Supermodel 2012.

The laurels went to Dang Thai Hoang, a high school student from the northern province of Quang Ninh, at “The Road to Mt. Olympia” contest on June 24.

Ho Chi Minh City bagged 20 golds and 6 silvers to win the championship title of the National Junior Vovinam Martial Art tournament which concluded on June 24.

Despite missing numerous scoring chances, Vietnam ended a friendly clash against Mozambique with a 1-0 victory thanks to Manuel’s own goal.

The winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011, Hoang Thuy, and one of the contest's top four, Thuy Trang, wore the same dress to pose as twins at a fashion event in Ho Chi Minh City.