Summer slowly rolls into Central Vietnam, with one heat wave and thunderstorm after another bringing about a change in the land before harvest time.

Hanoians believe that supermarkets are not the “markets” that they have got familiar for the last hundreds of years. If so, Hanoi would no longer have markets from 2030.

The Belgian Universite libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Hanoi University have signed a cooperation agreement on joint training in tourism administration.

“AKI & KUNIKO”, a guitar and koto duo from Japan, will be in Hanoi and HCM City from July 8-10.

The first ever private museum in the central province of Thua Thien Hue has been set up in downtown Hue City.

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VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City Power Company’s workers on June 24 rescued a monkey that was stuck on a high voltage poll on Cong Hoa Road, Tan Binh district.

VietNamNet Bridge – The Vietnam Super-model 2012 finished in Hanoi on the evening of June 24, with Nguyen Phuong Mai and Nguyen Huu Long as the winners.

VietNamNet Bridge - The oceanographic research ship Roger Revelle with 28 officials and sailors on board docked at Tien Sa Port in Da nang on June 22. This is the first visit to Da nang by the ship.

VietNamNet Bridge – Only two universities in Asia have scored five points or more with regard to tertiary training in chemistry, and one of them is Vietnam’s College of Natural Sciences, according to the ASEAN University Network.

Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW AG will further cooperate in the area of eco-friendly cars, with the Japanese automaker providing its hybrid and fuel cell technologies to the German partner while receiving technologies to reduce vehicle body weight,

VietNamNet Bridge – A water-supply system expected to provide clean water for all residents of HCM City by 2025 has been approved by the Prime Minister.

VietNamNet Bridge – A horrible murder occurred on June 24 in Hoang Mai district, Hanoi. Failing to get money from his parents, a 26-year-old man stabbed his parents to death.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two Vietnamese guests of honor--International Grand Master of chess Le Quang Liem and Miss Vietnam World 2007 Ngo Phuong Lan participated in the Olympic torch relay from Manchester to Leeds, the UK on June 24.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese American man Ly Tong on June 22 was sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation for attacking Vietnamese singer Dam Vinh Hung, nearly two years ago in the US.

VietNamNet Bridge – A giant carp of up to 130 kilos was caught in Hau River in the southern province of An Giang.

VietNamNet Bridge – Central Quang Ngai Province's Natural Resources and Environment Department will force enterprises causing serious environmental pollution to make good the damage, according to Department Director Le My Lien.

VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi has attracted about 8.33 million visitors during the first six months of this year, according to the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese track-and-field athletes flew to Almaty, Kazakhstan yesterday, June 27, to compete at the Asian All Star Athletics Meet 2012.

VietNamNet Bridge – Being pregnant unexpectedly and having an abortion has become normal in Vietnam today. However, it is strange that most of people who wait in front of operation rooms are men.