The Vietnamese airlines have been ordered to identify at least one reserve airport for landings, in case of bad weather.

The nation's industrial production from Jan-July 2014 saw a 6.2% year-on-year increase, a positive sign of recovering production at enterprises, noted the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Dam Sen Water Park in Ho Chi Minh City has been nominated as one of the 10 best water parks in Asia by tourism site www.tripadvisor.com.

The central city of Danang is set to hold a fireworks competition with a difference: instead of lighting up the night sky, it will explode onto computer screens.

Those midnight runs for 12-packs of Beer Hanoi might soon get a bit more complicated.

A group of Japanese and Vietnamese artists in HCM City is showcasing works in oil and lacquer, watercolours and mixed media, as a greeting to summer.

Hundreds of athletes from nine countries and territories in Asia will compete in the 21th HCM City International Track and Field Championships - Vietnam Open 2014, which is scheduled to kick off on July 25.

There will be stiff competition between domestic and foreign beverage firms as Vietnam integrates further into the world beverage market, with tremendous potential for development.

Vietnamese enterprises should make greater efforts to accelerate trade promotion, improve production capacities and sharpen their competitive skills to further tap into the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Government has approved a new development strategy for the auto industry to enable it to meet domestic demand and join world production.