At Diamon Bay resort in Nha Trang.

The 80 Miss Universe contestants returned to the south-central coastal city of Nha Trang on June 29, after concluding their tour of Vietnam before the official contest gets underway.

At a press briefing at the Diamond Bay press centre, Le Xuan Than, vice chairman of the Khanh Hoa provincial People’s Committee said that on June 30 contestants will join a parade from the Yasaka-Saigon-Nha Trang Hotel to Tran Phu road finishing at 2-4 Square.

On July 2, contestants will take part in the swimming costumes item of the contest at the Vinpearl Land resort. During the show, two paintings by two HIV painters will be auctioned off to raise funds for charitable activities.

On July 3, they will visit the SOS village and the Green Club – a place for women with HIV can meet to support each other.

Mr Than said that to create the best conditions for visitors to see the final round of the event on June 14, flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang will take off earlier than usual.

Earlier on June 27-28, beauty queens visited northeastern Quang Ninh province where they called at well-known Ha Long Bay and voted for it as one of the world’s seven natural wonders.

On June 28 evening, they joined a seashore gala night and an exchange with Vietnamese entrepreneurs.

Many of their souvenirs were auctioned during the event to raise funds for the Thanh Nien daily-initiated Nguyen Thai Binh scholarship programme.