Good morning from Vietnam! Enjoy your breakfast while taking a quick look at these brief news items:

Politics

-- During a discussion session at Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly on Monday, most deputies approved the draft Code of Civil Procedures and considered it a progressive principle in protecting human rights that has long been applied in other nations in the world.

-- The Vietnam Fisheries Society on Monday sent documents to condemn China for robbing and causing damage to a Vietnamese fishing boat earlier this month.

-- A delegation of Cambodian journalists visited Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday.

Society

-- As many as 76 out of 161 water reservoirs in the central province of Binh Dinh have dried up in recent months due to a long-lasting drought.

-- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to review the environmental impact of a big construction project encroaching on the natural water flow of the Dong Nai River in southern Vietnam.

-- Le Son Tung, 25, a student of the People’s Security College No. 1, was handed a sentence of 15 years in prison on Monday for beating to death a 20-year-old woman.

-- Dozens of construction projects on a 30km section of the Son Tra Beach that stretches from Da Nang City to Quang Nam Province in the central region have damaged the landscape of this beautiful beach for years.

-- Five more road fee collection stations will be put up on a section of 200 kilometers of National Highway 14 this year.

-- Ho Chi Minh City authorities are going to tighten health checks on bus and truck drivers to prevent those who are addicted to drugs from steering the vehicles.

Business

-- Farmers in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have thrown away hundreds of metric tons of onions in the past weeks because of low prices.

-- The prices of bricks have recently doubled in comparison with those of two months ago.

-- Phu Nhuan Services Company (Maseco) has been sued for violating the song copyrights of famous late composer Vu Thanh An.

Education

-- Doctor Tran Duc Chinh, a lecturer of the construction technology department of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, was yesterday awarded the academician title by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Sports

-- Star swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will have a chat with fans on June 17 at 4:30 pm (Vietnam time) at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Culture House.