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.

When Korean tenor Park Sung-min married Vietnamese pianist Trang Trinh, it cemented his relationship with Vietnam.

Conductor Tran Vuong Thach will lead the Goyang Philharmonic Orchestra's performance of Vietnamese musical composition Tro Ve Dat Me (Return to the Motherland) in Gyeonggi Province, the Republic of Korea, on July 11.

Artists from Venezuela will present a performance of traditional folk music in Hanoi, Haiphong and Quang Ninh Province from July 5-11.

Foreign investment in the textile and garment sector is increasing rapidly as international firms seek to take advantage of the benefits Vietnam's will potentially derive when the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement comes into being.

Several Vietnamese goods have gained a firm foothold in the domestic market with 70% of Vietnamese consumers putting their trust in local goods.

More than 571,000 high school students nationwide began the national university entrance examinations on July 4 seeking a place at one of the 141 universities and colleges.

The Grammy Award-winning Pacific Boychoir will travel to Vietnam and Singapore to perform at notable venues and institutions from July 9 to 21.

Vietnamese films in different genres are being screened at the first Vietnamese Film Festival in the port city of Saint Malo in France.