1 INTRODUCTION

2 THE VMC DATA FOR THE VARIABLE STARS

3 CLASSICAL CEPHEIDS IN THE 30 DOR FIELD

4 CLASSICAL CEPHEIDS IN THE SEP FIELD

5 CALIBRATION OF THE PL, PW AND PLC ZERO POINTS
5.1 Zero points from the parallax of Galactic Cepheids
5.2 Zero points from the Baade-Wesselink method

6 DISCUSSION AND ESTIMATE OF THE DISTANCE TO THE LMC

7 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS