Tuyet Lan performs Indian fashion in New York

The runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2010 Tuyet Lan joined the show of Indian-origin designer Sushma Patel in the Couture Fashion Week in New York on the evening of February 17.

The Vietnamese model was among several Asian models in the show, besides some Indian colleagues. One day later, she appeared in the show of designer Kostas Gasgasoules.

Tuyet Lan performs a design by Kostas Gasgasoules

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11 films to compete for 2012 Golden Kite Awards

The 2012 Golden Kite awards ceremony will be held at the Friendship Palace in Hanoi on March 13.

This year’s event involves around 10 feature films, 19 video films and a large number of documentaries. The feature films are focused on action, comedy, entertainment and horror.

Among potential candidates for the Golden Kite awards are ‘Long Ruoi’, which has earned a high sales record of VND40 billion, ‘Do Hay Day' by Overseas Vietnamese director Siu Pham, which attended the 16th Busan International Festival, and 'Mui Co Chay’ (Scene of Burnt Grass), ‘Tam Hon Me’ (Mother’s Soul) and 'Hotboy Noi Loan’ (Lost in Paradise) which competed at the Golden Lotus awards in Phu Yen last December.

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Contestants of Dancing with the Stars 2012 selected

Actor Quach Ngoc Ngoan, actresses Minh Hang and Anh Thu, beauty queen Hoang My and singer Phuong Thanh are among contestants of the third season of Dancing with the Stars reality show, which is called “Universal Steps” in Vietnam.

Actor Quach Ngoc Ngoan (left) who won the third prize at the “Just the Two of US” reality show 2011 is invited to join “Universal Steps 2012”

Last year, singer Minh Hang was a guest of the show. This year, she will be a contestant

The first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2010 Hoang My is also invited to take part in the competition

Actress Minh Thu (left) and model Truong Nam Thanh, who ranked fourth at the Manhunt 2011 pageant are also competitors

Singer Phuong Thanh (left) is practicing for the competition

Actor Huynh Dong (left) and actress Van Trang (next) are considered as “surprises” of the show

MC Tuan Tu and singer Minh Quan were in Hanoi, so they did not attend the press conference of “Universal Steps 2012” with other eight competitors

The new feature of this year’s show is contestants to practice for several weeks before the competition with dancer Alex, who took part in the Universal Steps 2011. The first of the ten shows will take place on March 18 at Hanoi’s Quan Ngua Sports House

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Terry blow means Chelsea defence must 'reorganise'

The news John Terry could be out for six weeks due to the need for exploratory knee surgery means Chelsea will have to reorganise their defence, manager Andre Villas-Boas admits.

Chelsea captain John Terry takes part in a training session at the San Paolo Stadium in Naples on Monday, February 20, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg match against Napoli.

Without Terry the back four the Chelsea defence -- in particular centre-backs David Luiz and Gary Cahill -- was a shambles in the 3-1 second round, first leg defeat to Napoli.

Chelsea will have to try to turn that deficit around at Stamford Bridge in three weeks' time but to have any chance of doing so they would probably need to keep a clean sheet, something which doesn't look likely without Terry.

Defensive midfielder Raul Meireles was at fault for the first goal, right-back Bransilav Ivanovic was out of position for the second and Luiz made a howler for the third.

"We have to focus on reorganising this relationship between this back four that we have recently used," said Villas-Boas, who will find himself increasingly under pressure in the unforgiving English press this week.

"I have to agree that you have to solve the mistakes which you do at the back so you can profit better from the number of opportunities you have and the goals you score.

"We need to get this concentration right and this efficiency right that's for sure.

"Without John we were missing a very important player for the team.

"We have fit players and we have to continue to work with them to get it right.

"The first two Napoli goals we had more numbers and we were more organised and if we can concentrate more we can avoid conceding those."

As for Terry, the Portuguese boss is hoping his absence will be only for a month but admits it will likely be longer.

That means he is set to miss the return leg and a crucial chunk of the season, including their FA Cup fifth round replay away to Birmingham City.

"Four weeks would be excellent, we'll have to wait to see how the operation goes and hope the player can return within that frame of time but normally it's for six weeks," said Villas-Boas.

It means that young Brazilian Luiz, so composed on the ball but often lacking in focus and concentration when performing defensive duties, will continue in the heart of defence.

Villas-Boas insists he has faith in his player, despite the press criticism of his performances.

"That player becomes a target but if you suffer three goals you can (all) do much better," the Chelsea boss said.

"We'll assess the mistakes and try to correct them, he's a fantastic young player, he's got a great future ahead of him and we have to continue to work on him to improve.

The young manager opted for a midfield combination of Meireles and Ramires with the experienced Frank Lampard warming the bench until 20 minutes from time.

England's Ashley Cole was also overlooked at left-back on his return from injury, although he came on after just 12 minutes due to an injury to Jose Bosingwa.

"It's technical decisions, whatever explanation that I give you in the end it would be a fantastic explanation if we win the game," said Villas-Boas in defence.

"Any explanation I give you is useless with regard to the result of the game, there's no point.

"Regarding the formation with the two sitting midfielders we chose tonight was to have two hard working midfielders to sit in front of the defence, not that Lamps can't do it, for sure he can but that's not the decision we took."

As for his own future Villas-Boas was adamant that he will keep going whatever is written about him.

"Speculation will continue as results don't happen but it won't be a distraction."

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Korean stars to perform in Vietnam

A number of Korean artists will join a concert in Hanoi on March 15 to mark the 20th anniversary of Vietnam-Republic of Korea diplomatic ties.

Among famous bands and artists in the spotlight are scheduled to take part in the event including Super Junior, Sistar, Beast, T-ara, CNBLUE, Davichi, and Secret bands and IU and Trot Park Huyn-bin singers.

The event’s director and KBS staff are in Vietnam to prepare for the programme.

Famous bands and singers

Super Junior

Secret

Beast

Young singer IU

Davichi

Park Huyn-bin

Sistar

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Football federation selects next national coach

Mai Duc Chung has become the No 1 option for head coach of the national football team.

The Vietnam Football Federation's (VFF) National Coaches Council on Feb. 21 officially made its final decision for the position that had been left empty since last December.

VFF leaders are expected to review their selection for approval on February 27.

In case of approval, Chung, in Brunei with the Under-19 team for the Hassanal Bolkiah Cup at present, will sign a two-year contract when he returns to the country. His salary has not been revealed, but rumour has it that it could be around 120-150 million VND (USD5,700-7,100 ) per month.

Chung would reap benefits if Vietnam could achieve good results at coming tournaments, the first one of which will be the Southeast Asian Football Championship – AFF Cup later this year.

After former coach Falko Goetz was fired, Chung became the favourite candidate for the position. The 61-year-old formerly worked as assistant for many foreign coaches in the past.

In 2008, Chung guided the U22 team to win the Merdeka Cup in Malaysia. He was also acting head coach of the U23 team who defeated Lebanon and Oman during the Beijing Olympic qualifiers in 2007. Chung was appointed head coach of the national women's team in 2003-05 when they won two gold medals at the 22nd and 23rd SEA Games.

The council also drew up an additional list of substitute candidates should Chung not sign the contract with the VFF.

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Chelsea coaches to train Vietnamese junior footballers

Your coaches from Chelsea Soccer School will run a training course for 180 junior footballers in Ho Chi Minh City.

The course, the first of its kind in Vietnam, aims to improve professional skills for junior footballers selected from schools in the city.

This is part of a cooperation program between the English football club Chelsea and Samsung sponsor to develop the sports and physical training sector for young generations.

The program involves Vietnam, Ghana, Ivory Coast, the Republic of Korea and Japan.

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