NDO - An exhibition, named ‘Vietnam – Landscape and people’, opened on June 20, at the Photography center Association of Russia, in Moscow, Russia. 

NDO – An exhibition showcasing more than 100 lacquered and gilded wooden objects opened in Hanoi on June 20. 

For a whole year, whenever Hung, a doctor, worked a night shift, his wife Ngoc would also be away from home, but Hung’s aunt Hai wasn’t worried about that. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia and the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation co-organised a cultural and sporting exchange event, in Phnom Penh on June 16, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties (June 24). 

NDO – The third International Yoga Day – 2017 was held on June 17, in the Mekong River Delta City of Can Tho, as part of events to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-India bilateral diplomatic ties (January 7, 1972 - 2017) and ten years of their strategic partnership (2007 - 2017). 

NDO – The final round of the 2017 Miss ASEAN Friendship contest will take place from June 15 to July 2 in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, featuring the participation of 30 contestants from ASEAN countries. 

NDO – A total of 36 precious artifacts, from the Nguyen dynasty period (1802-1945), are on display at an exhibition that opened recently at Lam Dong museum in Da Lat city. 

NDO – An international workshop was held in Hoi An, Quang Nam province on June 14, to discuss the preservation of heritage urban areas. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnamese Embassy in Bangladesh has held a ceremony to introduce the Bengali version of the book “How Ho Chi Minh wrote his testament” by Vu Ky, the secretary of late President Ho Chi Minh. 

NDO - The Hanoi Exchange Programme for Culinary Culture is scheduled to take place on June 16-17, in the capital’s city centre. 

NDO - Painter Nguyen Thu Thuy and her colleagues from the New Hanoi Art Company have been awarded the bronze medal at the 10th International Design Award (IDA) ceremony, held at the Architecture and Design A+D Museum, in Los Angeles, the US, for their mural painting at Da Nang Airport. 

NDO - CEG Music Festival 2017 (CMF 2017) will take place from July 29 to August 6, promising to offer a professional art playground with a series of art activities. 

NDO – The Vietnam-Asia Silk and Brocade Festival opened on June 12 in Hoi An silk village, Quang Nam province, as part of the 6th Quang Nam Heritage Festival 2017. 

The weather forecast said that today’s temperature might hit 39 degrees Celsius and that it was the hottest spell in the year of our lord 2016. Worse still ,a power cut plunged the whole town of Đong Thinh into darkness. In the daytime, the eternal hum of the cicadas made the atmosphere even stuffier.