CULTURE AND SPORT

Super International Grand chess master Le Quang Liem left Ho Chi Minh City to attend the SPICE Cup in the US from October 15-25.

The International Energy Agency said it was cutting its oil demand estimates again as the global economic outlook darkens.

Pianists from many countries will join talented pianists from across Vietnam to perform at the first-ever piano festival, to be held in HCM City.

France survived a tense night at Stade de France to send Laurent Blanc's side to Euro 2012 after drawing 1-1 with Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The eurozone needs a rescue fund of about two trillion euros -- almost five times its current size -- to overcome its crisis, Gordon Brown said.

Afghanistan's government will continue to try to draw the Taliban insurgency to peace talks, Hillary Clinton said.

Over 100 artworks created by some of the country's most outstanding artists between the 1930s and 1970s are being exhibited in HCM City.

The embattled Department of Cinema has cancelled a press conference to promote the Ho Chi Minh Sea Trail movie week.

Egypt's government o began probing clashes which killed 25 people, mostly Coptic Christians, amid mounting anger at the ruling military council.

Vietnam’s U19 women team was defeated by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea team in the 2011 Asia U-19 Women’s Football Championships.

The maker of the BlackBerry smartphone said that all services had been restored to users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

New Zealand declared its worst maritime pollution disaster, as oil gushed into a pristine bay from a stranded container ship pounded in heavy seas.

UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos was headed for China ahead of a visit to North Korea, stricken by a new food crisis, as the UN presses Pyongyang to give aid agencies more freedom.

Rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Indonesia to investigate the use of "deadly force" by police who shot dead one protester and injured six others at a mining protest.

A 3D horror movie set in a public toilet block is part of a revolution underway in the Asian film industry.

More than 100 million Chinese farmers will move to cities by 2020, posing huge challenges for urban planners, according to a new official forecast.

Vietnam’s Truong Nam Thanh has won the Mr. Manhunt Popularity at the annual Manhunt International modeling contest in Seoul, South Korea.

Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won the Nobel economics prize.

Vietnamese junior Nguyen Hoang Thien won the men's singles and doubles titles at the Hong Kong Open Junior Tennis Championships on Saturday.