CULTURE AND SPORT

Mexico stunned Brazil to win their first gold in the Olympic men's football tournament as Oribe Peralta's double clinched a shock 2-1 victory over the five-time world champions.

Usain Bolt's Jamaica smashed the 4x100m world record and Britain's Mo Farah clinched a magical distance double.

US musical icon Neil Diamond crowned his nearly five-decade career with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Two Vietnamese young football players have been chosen to join a month-long training course at Qatar's Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence.

South Korea took their first bronze Olympic soccer medal when they beat Asian rivals Japan 2-0.

Many young artists on TV show 'The Voice' have selected English songs to perform.

Vietnam 's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has retained his position at 11th in the world rankings, according to the Badminton World Federation.

Manchester United slashed the price of its US share launch, cutting the amount it was raising in Friday's IPO to $233 million from a hoped-for $300 million or more.

According to many critics the Vietnamese film industry lacks real talent because of too much focus on the physical attributes of actors.

Screenings of the Future Shorts Festival, the world's biggest pop-up film festival, will take place in HCM City on August 12 and on August 15.

Vietnam's Le Huynh Chau failed to move to the next round of the men's taekwondo 58kg category in the Olympics London.

The Vietnamese football team has lost 89 points and is now placed 146th in the world, according to the latest FIFA rankings for August.

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has filed a $20 million lawsuit against a former driver whom she claims threatened to spill her secrets if she did not pay him $2.8 million, court records showed.

Vietnam will compete in both the men's and women's team events at the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul, Turkey from August 27 to September 10.

The Information and Communications Publishing House has launched a book entitled “Vietnamese mark in the East Sea ” by Dr. Tran Cong Truc.

DreamWorks Animation plans to build a $3.2 billion "entertainment zone" in Shanghai, as the US film giant seeks to bolster its presence in the booming Chinese market.

Vietnam's Le Huynh Chau will compete with Wei Chen Yang from Chinese Taipei in the first match of the men's taekwondo 58kg category in the London Olympics.

The story of Agent Orange victim Nguyen Duc has inspired Japanese high school teacher Toshiaki Uchimoto to compose a song about peace.

Some 300 Marilyn Monroe fans gathered at the Los Angeles cemetery where she is buried, commemorating the iconic sex symbol on the 50th anniversary of her death.