Published:  00:00 Friday - July 09, 2010

Thirty beauties have been selected from a short list of thousands of applicants for the second Miss Vietnam Global contest after a month of preliminary rounds in central and southern Vietnam.

Twenty eight are from the rounds taking place in Hue, Can Tho and HCM City, and two beauty pageant winners from the Mekong Delta, Le Huynh Thuy Ngan and Phan Thi Mo, qualify automatically.

Twenty four of the ladies are from HCM City or neighbouring provinces, and two others from the Mekong Delta, and the central and Central Highland region.

The successful candidates will join international Vietnamese finalists and the still-to-be-decided qualifiers from the North to compete in the final round at Vinpearl Land in Nha Trang in August.

The organizing board will continue the preliminary rounds for domestic applicants from northern mountainous provinces in Tuyen Quang Province on July 8 and northern delta provinces in Hanoi on July 12.

The finalists will gather in Hanoi and HCM City for training before the main Miss Vietnam World event is held. Vietnam Television and Vinpearl Land Tourism Joint Stock Co are the organisers.

The first pageant was held in 2007 and received positive feedback from the public because it was respectful to women and created links with overseas Vietnamese all over the world.

The pageant finals will be held from August 10-21 at Vinpearl Land. The proceeds collected at the crowning ceremony will go to charity.