Various cafes have been opened on the rooftops of high-rise buildings near Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City to attract customers who want to watch planes fly by.
The Ho Chi Minh City summer camp for Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) youths opened on July 23 with the participation of 60 young expats from 10 countries worldwide.
Writer Nguyễn Ngọc Tư was announced as the laureate of the Literaturpreis Prize 2018 for the German version of her book Cánh Đồng Bất Tận (Endless Field).
Professor Nguyen Thanh Liem won the 23rd Nikkei Asia Prize 2018 in the Science and Technology category, at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on June 13, becoming the first Vietnamese to be honoured with the prize in this area.