CULTURE AND SPORT

Five dancers from Spanish arts troupe Bellet Cristina Hoyos will perform in Hanoi and HCM City next week.

Tiger Woods carded his 2nd straight 68 but found himself well off the pace in third round of the US PGA Tour's Frys.com Open.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney is set to marry his American fiancee Nancy Shevell in London on Sunday, media reports said.

"Whisper to lotus", a solo exhibition to mark 55 years of creating silk paintings debuts on Wednesday in HCM City.

The International Women’s Beach Volleyball Tournament-Khang Linh Cup 2011 opened in Vung Tau City on October 7.

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad came under greater pressure as Russia told him to either reform and Washington said he should "step down now".

As Thailand battles to keep its worst floods in decades from swamping Bangkok, anger is growing among residents upriver who say their homes are being sacrificed to keep the capital dry.

Rare evidence of the long-held belief that humans are still evolving has been unearthed in the parish records of a French-Canadian island on the Saint Lawrence seaway, researchers say.

Climate negotiators said they made progress on laying out ways to help poor countries but deep differences remained on core issues ahead of talks in Durban, South Africa.

Ngoc Thuy, being sued for allegedly appropriating her ex-husband's assets, failed to register the marriage in Vietnam.

An endangered Philippine eagle, one of only a few hundred left in the world, has been shot dead, a conservation group said.

The 6th International Artistic Photo Contest concluded on Wednesday with most prizes going to Vietnamese contestants.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts.

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic has withdrawn from next week's Shanghai Masters due to troublesome back injury, said organisers.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Thi My Linh has won two gold medals at both Asian and world championships.

Japan's Sony is nearing a deal to buy out Swedish telecom firm Ericsson's stake in their mobile phone joint venture, according to the Wall Street Journal.

This October Vietnamese cinema lovers will see a bunch musketeers, revolutionarists and boxing coaches hitting the screens nationwide.

Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer, who has been called a master of mysticism, won the 2011 Nobel Literature Prize.

Super model Ngoc Thuy is being sued by her ex-husband for allegedly appropriating property worth VND288 billion.