CULTURE AND SPORT

Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia's rice bowl, adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region's poorest.

US and British institutions once again dominate an annual worldwide league table of universities, but there is a fresh name at the top, unseating long-time leader Harvard.

Apple on Wednesday announced the death of its visionary co-founder Steve Jobs at 56.

French ballet dancers Dorothee Gilbert and Stephane Bullion will join Vietnamese artists in one performance next Monday.

Manchester City's billionaire owner Sheikh Mansour is top of football's Rich List, according to British magazine FourFourTwo.

Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman won the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his discovery of quasicrystals.

Samsung Electronics said it would file for a sales ban on Apple's new iPhone with courts in France and Italy as the phone infringed its patents.

Vietnam will hold its first joint professional and amateur motorbike racing competition on October 29-30.

EU nations are building a "co-ordinated" plan to recapitalise banks to avoid contagion from the debt crisis, the European Commission said.

Vietnam defeated Iran 2-1 to take the trophy in the final of the Thanh Nien Newspaper International in the Central Highland City of Pleiku.

Japan will go ahead with its whaling program in the Antarctic later this year under heightened security to fend off activists who have vowed to disrupt the annual hunt.

Disney plans to release 3D versions of four more classic movies, including "Finding Nemo" and "The Little Mermaid," after the success of the revived "The Lion King."

New tourism ambassador, Ly Nha Ky, proved that she graduated from a German university following public accusations.

A car bomb tore through a government compound in Mogadishu, killing more than 70 people in the deadliest attack by Somalia's Shebab rebels in their near five-year insurgency.

Eurozone banks deposited the biggest amount of overnight funds at the ECB so far this year, official data showed on Tuesday.

Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for their studies of exploding stars.

The Japanese Embassy in Vietnam will host a music event featuring Japan’s top singers and idol groups in Hanoi this weekend.

Thailand's worst monsoon floods in decades have killed 224 people and affected three quarters of the country, according to officials.

A second South Pacific community has declared a state of emergency in a drought crisis that has seen water rationing imposed in parts of the region.