CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Apple's Tim Cook is expected to kick off his reign as chief executive on Tuesday by unveiling a hot new iPhone model that some analysts are predicting will be a bestseller.

One of Toronto's most in-demand vocalists in Canada, jazz singer Kate Bowen, will swing audiences in Hanoi from October 4.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has been placed 7th on the latest World Badminton Federation ratings with 57,779 points.

Manchester City confirmed that they are due to open talks with Carlos Tevez over the striker's refusal to play in a Champions League match.

Three scientists shared the Nobel Medicine Prize for ground-breaking work on the immune system.

Vietnam’s newly-selected tourism ambassador, actress Ly Nha Ky, has denied that she faked her university degree.

An ozone hole five times the size of California opened over the Arctic this spring, scientists said.