Hotel developers are experiencing the dark days in their business. The lower number of guests, low occupancy rate and decreasing revenues have all caused headaches for them.

 After three years of touring Europe, the Lang toi (My village) circus by artist Nhat Ly will perform at the Hanoi Opera House for free on August 10.

 The Prime Minister has given the nod to the Ministry of Education and Training to establish six new universities in the Mekong Delta.

 Big strikes are on the horizon until the year’s end as economic woes bite hard.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Average temperatures in northern central Viet Nam can rise by 3.5 degrees centigrade and dry season rainfall reduce by 30 per cent by 2100,

Vietnam plans to double arabica output by 2020; National strategy aims for public debt reduction; Deposit rate cap poised for another cut; Industrial index up 4.8 percent in seven months; Vietnam’s rice exports reach $2.1 billion

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s leading badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has said farewell to the 2012 Olympics after being defeated by India’s Kashyap Parupalli, the world’s 21st player.

 The Government has released its import and export strategy for the next eight years with an orientation towards 2030.

 Apple and Samsung on Monday faced off at a U.S. federal court in San Jose, northern California over their smartphone and tablet patent infringement dispute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has invested a million US dollars in modern abattoirs but these facilities are not fully used. Hanoians still have to eat meat supplied by illegal, unhygienic abattoirs.

 Smartphones will be the thrust for the mobile phone retail market as up to 42% of Vietnamese consumers say they want to use the high-tech product.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Malaysian truck driver has asked relevant agencies to find his Vietnamese wife who has brought their child back to Vietnam for over one month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of strange birds which have appeared in Tan Thanh Ward in the northern mountain province of Dien Bien recently have been confirmed as the Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans).

Art House Cinema at Snap Cafe; Conference “Ai and Ky in the World of Invisible Numbers”; Exhibition “Collisions of Clamor and Calm”; Rock Music Night with BLACK INFINITY; Music Night with DJ Glaser; Future Shorts Event in August

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang My’s gown is praised on online forums on beauty pageants as one of the best designs at the Designer Award competition of the Miss World 2012 pageant in Shanghai on July 26.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese representative Vu Hoang My, at the Miss World pageant wore a yellow ao dai to attend a charity party on the evening of July 29 in Shanghai, China.

 VietNamNet Bridge – It is unbelievable that Vietnam’s top rower Pham Thi Thao, who is competing at the London Olympics, cannot swim.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts of the Vietnam Construction Association said that underground space is a valuable natural resource that needs to be explored to become “the second space of modern cities.”

 VietNamNet Bridge – This force is being established in September and will be the main force in maritime patrol and dealing with vessels that violate Vietnamese law.

 The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that the federal government expected to borrow 592 billion U.S. dollars from the market to fund its operation in the second half of this year, fresh evidence of the budgetary pressure