Runner-ups in Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2010 and 2011, Tuyet Lan and Tra My, went on a sightseeing tour around London with model Thuy Trang recently while working in Europe.

The national football team will fly to Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for a friendly match against Mozambique at Thong Nhat stadium on June 23.

Vietnam’s best bartender, Phan Tien Tiep, will represent the country in the final round of the World Class 2012-Raising the Bar competition in Brazil on July 8-12.

A classical guitar concert featuring well-known Brazilian musician Fabricio Mattos will be held at the Vietnam National Academy of Music on June 18.

Famous works drawn by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt will be showcased in the National Library of Vietnam on 31 Trang Thi street, Hanoi, from June 15.

The French film, which won eight nominations and The Best Actor award in Cesar Awards 2012, will be screened in Vietnam for the first time in mid June.

Le Trong Giang won a bronze medal in the men's 3,000m steeplechase at the 15th Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Sri Lanka. 

15 year-old model Bao Tran looked charming in the ‘Ice Cream’ collection by designer Chung Thanh Phong at the ‘Phong Cach Dam Me’ (Passionate Style) show in HCM City on June 12.  

An exhibition named “Paris at a glance” opened at the institute of Cultural exchange with France (IDECAF) in Ho Chi Minh City on June 14.

The UK has completed major facilities to ensure that the London 2012 Summer Olympics will become a unique social, cultural and sporting event for international friends.  

The 13th Southeast Asian Open Chess Championship being broadcast live on Thua Thien-Hue Radio and Television (TRT) is one of key activities to celebrate the 2012 National Tourism Year of Northcentral Coastal Region.

The national junior Judo championship officially opened in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on June 12. 

The Hoang Dieu Archaeological Site and the ancient Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi are expected to become a cultural and historical park to promote the global value of the 1,300 year-old relic site.

A documentary themed “Vietnam: The next generation” directed by American filmmaker Sandy Northrop was shown at Hanoi Cinematheque on June 12.

The Center for Preservation of Hue Relics has opened an exhibition, introducing 20 beauty spots of the former capital city of Hue, through lacquer paintings by calligrapher Hai Trung, who is also director of the Museum of Hue Royal Antiques.

The National Junior Gymnastics Championships 2012 officially kicked off in Hanoi on June 12.

Vietnamese-Australian singer Thanh Bui will open a music centre for children in Ho Chi Minh City on July 1.

Vietnamese singer Nam Cuong has been invited by the Republic of Korea (RoK) Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City to attend the K-pop Festival Music Bank in Hong Kong, China on June 22-23.  

A famous circus troupe from Yunnan province will give four performances at the Hanoi Central Circus from June 14-17.

As many as 66 amateur jockeys from the northern mountainous provinces of Lao Cai and Ha Giang attended the 2012 horse race in Bac Ha town on June 10.

Pham Phuoc Hung has won a gold medal in the men’s parallel bars event of the Challengers Cup 2012 International Gymnastics Tournament in Belgium.

Vietnam beat Hong Kong 2-1 in an international friendly match at Mongkok Studium in Hong Kong on June 10.

Seven Vietnamese athletes, including five men and two women, are competing at the Challengers Cup 2012 International Gymnastics Tournament, which opened on June 9 in Ghent, Belgium.

A ceremony marking 30 years in operation of the Hue Relic Conservation Centre (1982-2012) was held on June 9 in the central Thua Thien-Hue province.

A Vietnam-Russia cultural exchange was held at Danang University of Foreign Languages (DUFL) on June 9 to mark the Russian National Day (June 12).

Vietnam along with 142 other member countries attended the fourth session of the UNESCO General Council Convention on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris on June 4-8.

Wearing an ‘ao dai’ (Vietnamese traditional long dress) for the first time, Julia Lescova strode confidently down the catwalk at the ‘Nguoi dep va long nhan ai’ (Beauty and Kindness) charity fundraiser in HCM City on June 8.  

The Vietnamese football team, under head coach Phan Thanh Hung, was defeated 0-3 by China in an away friendly match at the Wuhan Sports Center Stadium on June 8.  

Vietnam Supermodel 2012 contestants have gathered for a fashion show featuring a collection by designer Cong Tri at the Riverside Palace Wedding and Convention in HCM City.  

Chef Do Chi Cong from a Hanoi restaurant will be the first-ever Vietnamese chef to compete at the prestigious cooking contest Bocuse d'Or Asia in Shanghai this month.