Winners of Vietnam's Next Top Model are shining in Scotland during their seven-day tour to Europe.

A ceremony was held in the central coastal city of Nha Trang on June 8 to send off a delegation of 128 athletes and coaches to attend the third Asian Beach Games, scheduled for China’s Haiyang city from June 16-22.

Manchester City Captain Vicent Kompany received a warm welcome from hundreds of Vietnamese fans after landing at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7.  

Acclaimed Hollywood Director of Photography David Worth has accepted the Wisdom House‘s invitation to lecture for Vietnamese students in Ho Chi Minh City from June 22-24.

Winner of the Best Model of the World 2006 and international supermodel Julia Lescova arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7.  

A special programme dubbed ‘Sunday Family Concert’ will be held by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) at the Worker Theater in Hanoi on June 10.  

Pho Thi Kim Duc, famous for singing “Ca tru” (ceremonial songs) and the only remaining “Ca tru” singer from the well-known Kham Thien Ca tru troupe in the past, will perform at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on June 13. 

Then national women’s rowing team has clinched five gold, three silver and four bronze medals at the 2012 Asia Rowing Cup in Singapore.

Vietnam’s U22 squad is training hard for the Asian U22 qualifying round in Myanmar scheduled for late June.

The football team from the Central Highland province of Gia Lai has won the champion title of a football tournament for disadvantaged children in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s national football team remains the leader of Southeast Asia, maintaining its 97th position in the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) latest rankings.

Around 380 artists from 19 professional art troupes nationwide are taking part in the 1st traditional musical instrument festival in the central province of Thua-Thien Hue from June 5-10.  

Four Vietnamese marksmen earned a total of 1,632 points to come first at the men’s 50m pistol team event of the 36th Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championships (SEASA) in Malaysia on June 4.  

Spectators at the Ha Long Challenge 2012 enjoyed the thrilling and fierce competition among the off-road racers competing in the event.  

Nine new sea and island-related records have been made public to mark Vietnam’s Sea and Islands Week from June 5-8.

Vietnam’s rising star Tran Duy Khoi has won seven golds and one silver in eight categories at the 2012 Southeast Asian (SEA) Swimming Tournament for different age groups in Indonesia.

Vietnam’s pop star Dam Vinh Hung and many other famous singers and artists have left deep impressions on Russian audiences in Moscow.

A professional fashion design contest called Rise above Fashion has been launched for Vietnamese people living in the country above 18 years of age.

The northern province of Tuyen Quang will compile a dossier on the traditional Then singing of the Tay ethnic minority, to submit to UNESCO for recognition as an intangible world cultural heritage.

The first Vietnamese national off-road automobile race concluded in Ha Long city on June 3 after two days of fierce competition between 21 racers from across the country.

Vo Trong Nghia has been honoured globally as one of the 21 architects in the 21st century for his well-known bamboo designs.

21 off-road cars joining Ha Long Challenge 2012 in the northern province of Quang Ninh on June 2 drew enthusiastic applause from local people and tourists.  

The Liaoning team from China has won the international women’s volleyball tournament, which closed in the northern province of Bac Ninh on June 3.  

Pham Phuong Anh, an eight-year old overseas Vietnamese, has been awarded second prize at an international music festival for children in Moscow.

Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam futsal club has been granted a berth at the 2013 AFC Futsal Clubs Championship.

Vietnam’s U22 team is scheduled to play in two friendly matches with Thailand during their two-week training in June.

Vietnam’s biggest off-road automobile race, the Ha Long Challenge 2012, officially kicked off at the Tuan Chau resort in the northern province of Quang Ninh on June 2.

The third annual Belgian-Vietnamese Comic Festival opened at the Hanoi Library on May 31.

A ceramic mural of the national flag will be unveiled in the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago on June 6.

A filmmaking team from Thailand recently began to shot the first scenes of a documentary featuring the daily life of Vietnamese people living on the banks of the Mekong River.