Add recommend version and refresh readme / contribution.md (#1757)

### What this PR does / why we need it?
Add recommend version and contribution.md

### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
No

### How was this patch tested?
CI passed






- vLLM version: v0.9.2
- vLLM main:
890323dc1b

Signed-off-by: Yikun Jiang <yikunkero@gmail.com>

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Contributing to vLLM Ascend
+
+You may find information about contributing to vLLM Ascend on [Developer Guide - Contributing](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/contribution/index.html), including step-by-step guide to help you setup development environment, contribute first PR and test locally.

README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ vLLM Ascend Plugin
 
 ---
 *Latest News* 🔥
+
+- [2025/06] [User stories](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/community/user_stories/index.html) page is now live! It kicks off with ‌LLaMA-Factory/verl//TRL/GPUStack‌ to demonstrate how ‌vLLM Ascend‌ assists Ascend users in enhancing their experience across fine-tuning, evaluation, reinforcement learning (RL), and deployment scenarios.
+- [2025/06] [Contributors](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/community/contributors.html) page is now live! All contributions deserve to be recorded, thanks for all contributors.
+- [2025/05] We've released first official version [v0.7.3](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/releases/tag/v0.7.3)! We collaborated with the vLLM community to publish a blog post sharing our practice: [Introducing vLLM Hardware Plugin, Best Practice from Ascend NPU](https://blog.vllm.ai/2025/05/12/hardware-plugin.html).
 - [2025/03] We hosted the [vLLM Beijing Meetup](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VtxO9WXa5fC-mKqlxNUJUQ) with vLLM team! Please find the meetup slides [here](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pid6NSFLU43DZRi0EaTcPgXsAzDvbBqF).
 - [2025/02] vLLM community officially created [vllm-project/vllm-ascend](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend) repo for running vLLM seamlessly on the Ascend NPU.
 - [2024/12] We are working with the vLLM community to support [[RFC]: Hardware pluggable](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/11162).
@@ -43,7 +47,12 @@ By using vLLM Ascend plugin, popular open-source models, including Transformer-l
 
 ## Getting Started
 
-Please refer to [QuickStart](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick_start.html) and [Installation](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html) for more details.
+Please use the following recommended versions to get started quickly:
+
+| Version    | Release type | Doc                                  |
+|------------|--------------|--------------------------------------|
+|v0.9.2rc1|Latest release candidate|[QuickStart](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick_start.html) and [Installation](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html) for more details|
+|v0.7.3.post1|Latest stable version|[QuickStart](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quick_start.html) and [Installation](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html) for more details|
 
 ## Contributing
 See [CONTRIBUTING](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/contribution/index.html) for more details, which is a step-by-step guide to help you set up development environment, build and test.

README.zh.md

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ vLLM Ascend Plugin
 ---
 *最新消息* 🔥
 
+- [2025/06] [用户案例](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/community/user_stories/index.html)现已上线！展示了[LLaMA-Factory](https://github.com/hiyouga/LLaMA-Factory)/[verl](https://github.com/voidful/verl)/[TRL](https://github.com/huggingface/trl)/[GPUStack](https://github.com/alibaba/GPUStack)等用户案例，展示了vLLM Ascend如何帮助昇腾用户在模型微调、评估、强化学习 (RL) 以及部署等场景中提升体验。
+- [2025/06] [贡献者](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/community/contributors.html)页面现已上线！所有的贡献都值得被记录，感谢所有的贡献者。
+- [2025/05] 我们发布了首个正式版本 [v0.7.3](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/releases/tag/v0.7.3)！我们与 vLLM 社区合作发布了一篇博客文章，分享了我们的实践：[Introducing vLLM Hardware Plugin, Best Practice from Ascend NPU](https://blog.vllm.ai/2025/05/12/hardware-plugin.html)。
 - [2025/03] 我们和vLLM团队举办了[vLLM Beijing Meetup](https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/CGDuMoB301Uytnrkc2oyjg)! 你可以在[这里](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pid6NSFLU43DZRi0EaTcPgXsAzDvbBqF)找到演讲材料.
 - [2025/02] vLLM社区正式创建了[vllm-project/vllm-ascend](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend)仓库，让vLLM可以无缝运行在Ascend NPU。
 - [2024/12] 我们正在与 vLLM 社区合作，以支持 [[RFC]: Hardware pluggable](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/11162).
@@ -44,7 +47,12 @@ vLLM 昇腾插件 (`vllm-ascend`) 是一个由社区维护的让vLLM在Ascend NP
 
 ## 开始使用
 
-请查看[快速开始](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick_start.html)和[安装指南](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)了解更多.
+推荐您使用以下版本快速开始使用：
+
+| Version    | Release type | Doc                                  |
+|------------|--------------|--------------------------------------|
+|v0.9.2rc1| 最新RC版本 |请查看[快速开始](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quick_start.html)和[安装指南](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)了解更多|
+|v0.7.3.post1| 最新正式/稳定版本 |请查看[快速开始](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quick_start.html)和[安装指南](https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html)了解更多|
 
 ## 贡献
 请参考 [CONTRIBUTING]((https://vllm-ascend.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer_guide/contribution/index.html)) 文档了解更多关于开发环境搭建、功能测试以及 PR 提交规范的信息。