Students of Hoằng Trường Primary School in the central province of Thanh Hóa were excited to get a new swimming pool where they can splash and chase away the summer heat. Each parent had to donate VNĐ100,000 (US$4.4) for the pools construction.

There is a common belief in Việt Nam that when a person is met with death, only their physical body dies, and their spirit lives on in another world.

University entrance exams are approaching for 12^th graders nationwide, and if the kids thought they had any chance of forgetting their impending doom for but a fleeting second, they had better think again.

For the last 25 years, Hồ Minh Tâm – a resident of Tương Hiệp Bình Ward, Thủ Dầu Một City in southern province of Bình Dương – has kept his motorbike in a special garage: an aged tree in his garden.

Hoàng Nhật Anh, 26, a stylish working in Hà Nội, visited his girlfriend’s houses few weeks ago. This is the first time he had been here. The visit makes him quite disappointed because he had to wash a lot of dishes after the meal. It even took him five hours to wash all the dishes.

Lê Đình Kiên, 29, was arrested on May 9 after he burgled and tried to extort VNĐ1 billion (US$) from a family in Tôn Thất Thuyết Street of the central province of Hà Tĩnh’s Trần Phú Ward.