The 32 contestants of Vietnam Supermodel 2012 joined a dancesport competition at the Wedding and Convention Riverside Palace in Ho Chi Minh City on May 31.  

Marcel Nguyen, a Vietnamese-German athlete, has won a gold medal in the men’s parallel bars competition at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which is taking place in Montpellier, France this week

The annual Australian Wine Show will be held at the Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on June 8-9.

Miss Vietnam World Ngo Phuong Lan and international chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem will join a torch procession in Manchester city from June 21-25 ahead of the upcoming London Summer Olympics.

Zoey Jones, a famous jazz singer from the UK, will perform at Sofitel Legend Metropole in Hanoi on June 5.

The fourth International Documentary Film Festival will take place in Hanoi from June 8-17 and the central city of Danang from June 15-24.

Many Vietnamese artists have been invited to the Cannes International Film Festival 2012, held in France from May 16-27.  

A group of American writers from the University of Iowa will pay a working visit to Vietnam from June 4-7 in the framework of cooperation between the Vietnam Writers' Association (VWA) and the US Embassy in Hanoi.

Vietnamese-American movie actor Johnny Tri Nguyen, starring in such blockbuster action movies as 'Dong Mau Anh Hung' (The Rebel) and 'Bay Rong' (The Clash), recently opened a martial arts school in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnamese will have a greater chance to read Russian books and vice versa, translators said at a ceremony to promote the Vietnam-Russia Literature Fund.

Eight football teams of disadvantaged children have registered to take part in a football tournament which will kick off in Ho Chi Minh City on June 1.

The former imperial city of Hue and central city of Da Nang have been chosen to host the fourth conference of writers from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia this September.

Thibault Cauvin, a talented French guitarist, will have a solo performance in Ho Chi Minh City on June 5 and in Hanoi on June 7 during his third visit to Vietnam.

Posing for photographs is one of the practical tests for singles and duos in the final stage of Vietnam Supermodel 2012.  

Newly-appointed coach Phan Thanh Hung has unveiled the list of 22 members of the national football squad to play friendlies against stronger China and Hong Kong teams.

Vietnam Coal and Mineral FC dominated the Thai Son Bac 2012 National Women’s Football Championships, being crowned champions after defeating Ho Chi Minh City FC 1-0 at Ha Nam stadium on May 28.

The ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam has been chosen to host the third International Choir Festival from June 19-22 next year.

The final round of the national junior basketball tournament will be held in the central city of Danang from June 25-28.

Germany has provided more than 139,600 euro for a project to preserve Hue royal palace, said Phan Thanh Hai, director of the Center for Reservation of Hue Relics.

36 marksmen from the host team Hanoi has performed well to win the National Shooting Championships with 19 gold, 13 silver and 11 bronze medals.  

Vietnam ranked fourth at the Asian Chess Championships which closed in China on May 27.

The Northern Power Corporation (NPC) under the Electricity of Vietnam has launched a project to supply power to more than 30,000 ethnic households in northern mountainous Son La province.

All singers in the recent MTV EXIT 2012 show in Hanoi have enjoyed eating Vietnam’s Phở (Rice noodle soup with beef or chicken).

Mathieu Rouanet from France became champion at the Danang International Paramotor Race at Bien Dong Park on May 27.

Vietnam grabbed three golds and one bronze at the Taiwan Open Athletics championships which closed on May 26.

One hundred and twenty eight art works were presented the State Award for Literature and the Arts and 356 nominees received the Meritorious Artist title at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 27.

Tens of thousands of fans at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi were enthusiastic with an extremely lively performance of popular singers at the MTV EXIT 2012 show on May 26.  

The Vietnamese gymnastics team is training in China to prepare for the coming World Cup, to be held in Belgium from June 5-11. 

Twenty five pilots from Japan, the US, France and Poland are taking part in the Danang International Paramotor Race (DIPR 2012) from May 26-27.  

Three groups of participants in the Vietnam Supermodel 2012 competition took part in a photo shoot at the Cam Ranh shipbuilding company in the southern province of Phan Rang.