CULTURE AND SPORT

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympic organising committee, expressed confidence Thursday that the riots in the capital over the past week will not tarnish the image of next year's Games.

Asian stocks opened higher Friday after promising U.S. jobs data helped propel Wall Street up.

Despite VND42 billion of funding missing, the 17th film festival to be hosted in Phu Yen Province will open in December.

The Taliban denied Thursday that the fighters responsible for downing a US helicopter, killing 38 people, had been killed.

Nguyen Tien Minh, the world No. 7, won his 2nd round match at the Yonex BWF World Badminton Championships against Parupalli Kashyap of India.

China has suspended all new railway construction projects, as controversy swirls over the nation's high-speed network.

Parliament was to meet for a special session to discuss the worst riots in a generation as Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a fightback.

France and Italy, the eurozone's second- and third-largest economies, were hurriedly preparing deficit-cutting measures Thursday.

Germany's young guns turned on the style to beat Brazil 3-2 on Wednesday with rising star Mario Goetze in dazzling form.

Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011’s qualification heats will be held in HCM City on August 16 and in Hanoi on August 23.

German football great Jurgen Klinsmann drafted into guide the underachieving United States to the 2014 World Cup.

China's first aircraft carrier began its sea trial, the defence ministry said, a move likely to stoke concerns about its military expansion.

The Federal Reserve pledged to hold interest rates near zero for two more years to counter an economy facing increased risks of stalling.

The worst riots in Britain for decades spread to new cities on a fourth night after 16,000 police took to the streets of London.

Vietnamese stars seem to prefer thriving off scandal rather than their talents.

Riots swept across London and at least three other cities, as PM David Cameron returned early from holiday to tackle one of the worst outbreaks of violence for decades.

A solo piano performance by artist Gabriel Tran Phuong Nam will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Sofitel Saigon Plaza in District 1.

Vietnamese tennis star Nguyen Hoang Thien won the National U18 Tennis Championships after defeating Pham Minh Tuan 2-0 in the final round.

A hotel maid sued ex-International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn oover what she calls a "violent and sadistic" attack.