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.

The Football Dream is continuing testing in different cities and provinces to recruit talented footballers from Vietnam.

Better policies are needed to improve the capacity of support-industry companies, particularly electronics firms, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung.

Vietnam is the most successful country to deploy the rural finance project and is seen as a development model by financial institutions and donors.

President Truong Tan Sang has told authorities on the offshore district of Bach Long Vi Island to solve the shortage of electricity and fresh water.