CULTURE AND SPORT

Italy advanced to the semi-finals of Euro 2012 with victory over England in a shoot-out after a tense quarter-final duel finished 0-0.

Goals in each half from Xabi Alonso, on his 100th international appearance, sent Spain to the Euro 2012 semi-finals.

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong asked a US Anti-Doping Agency review board to dismiss "spurious" allegations brought against him last week.

Vietnam Television will ban artists who wear scanty clothes from appearing on its shows, said an official.

Germany booked their place in the last four of Euro 2012 as Joachim Loew's side hammered Greece 4-2.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh easily thrashed Indian opponent Ajay Jayaram in the second round of the Singapore Open Super Series.

Portugal will have to do without striker Helder Postiga for their Euro 2012 semi-final after he had to go off injured in Thursday's 1-0 win over Czech Republic, the team doctor indicated.

Artists from Australia's Remnant Dance troupe will stage a free contemporary dance performance at the Youth Theatre in the capital city on Saturday.

Vietnam grabbed their first silver medal at the Asian Beach Games in the women's sepak takraw (rattan ball kicking) team event in China.

Vietnam won a total of 121 medals at the 13th ASEAN Open Chess Tournament that closed on June 18 in Thua Thien Hue Province to grasp first place.

England scraped into the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 after a goal-line refereeing blunder helped them to a 1-0 win over Ukraine which sent the co-hosts crashing out.

From the boxing ring to Broadway, Mike Tyson said he's teaming up with director Spike Lee to take his one-man show to the New York stage.

Italy put behind them a nightmare run-in both on and off the pitch to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals with a 2-0 defeat of Ireland.

The Australian dance company ‘Remnant Dance’ will present to Vietnamese viewers contemporary dance moves in a series of performances in Hanoi.

Ninety-one Vietnamese athletes have begun fierce competitions against rivals from more than 40 countries and territories at the third Asian Beach Games.

Giorgos Karagounis scored the only goal as Greece produced a major shock to knock Russia out of Euro 2012 and seal their place in the quarter-finals.

Most cartoons shown on television are foreign-made, with few of them produced by local companies because of a lack of funds.

France put six years of finals misery behind them to beat Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine 2-0 in their Group D clash.

A ceremony took place in Hanoi to mark the 35 th years since Vietnam ’s National Commission for UNESCO (UNESCO Vietnam) was set up.