CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnamese won two gold medals at the 15th Asian Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Individual Championship.

Four miners died and 50 were left trapped in a central China coal mine, officials said Friday.

Japan's government agreed to give the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant $11.5 billion in aid.

The world's top exporters will attempt to stabilise a global economy knocked off kilter by the European debt crisis with a pledge at the G20 summit to boost domestic consumption.

Vietnam set off on their quest for a champion title at the 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia after defeating the Philippines 3-1 in their opening game on November 3.

The ranks of America's poorest poor have climbed to a record high — 1 in 15 people as the housing bust pushed many inner-city poor into suburbs and other outlying places.

A Japanese film festival themed “Love” will be held in Phu Yen and Ho Chi Minh City in November.

Greek PM George Papandreou insisted he will not resign in the face of a growing party revolt, state television NET reported.

The leaders of the world's most powerful economies confronted a new financial crisis as they began a G20 summit with markets plummeting.

One fifth of Bangkok is now under water as Thailand's worst floods in half a century spread through the capital, an official said.

Vietnam’s chess team is set to win at least three gold medals at the 26th Southeast Asia Games in Indonesia this November.

Miss International Beauty 2009 Vu Hoang Diep has announced that she’d sashay off the catwalk if she got married.

European leaders drew a line in the sand for Greece, saying its referendum on a hard-won bailout deal will decide whether it stays in the eurozone.

China said on Wednesday it hopes Europe will stick to a bailout plan reached at last week's debt crisis summit.

Seven Vietnamese artists are performing in the US at the invitation of the School of Music under the Brigham Young University.

The death toll from Thailand's floods surged above 400 as public anger simmered over the authorities' handling of the crisis.

South Korea's second largest automaker Kia Motors said Wednesday it would build a new plant in China to meet growing demand in the world's fastest-growing car market.

Thousands of anti-capitalists poured into the French Riviera city of Nice for a march against corporate greed ahead of the G20 summit in nearby Cannes, echoing protests worldwide.

Embattled Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called for a confidence vote and a referendum on last week's EU debt deal.