CULTURE AND SPORT

A heatwave and stifling humidity battered the central and eastern United States, leaving over 20 dead.

Eurozone leaders and private creditors agreed to give Greece a new 159-billion-euro bailout to prevent the debt crisis from spreading worldwide.

ASEAN and China have unanimously adopted guidelines for the implementation of the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea.

Senior officials of ASEAN member countries and China have adopted draft guidelines for the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties on the East Sea.

Eurozone leaders entered a critical summit on Thursday eyeing a deal to reduce Greece's debt mountain.

Athletes from 22 countries worldwide will compete in the second World Vovinam Championship that will take place in HCM City from July 28-31.

When the last movie on Harry Porter hits the screens in the world, its international distributor Warner Bros shows no sign to release it in Vietnam.

Chinese medicine may be effective in battling certain symptoms of Parkinson's disease, according to a new study.

Athletes from 37 ethnic groups nationwide are competing in the seventh National Sports Festival for Ethnic Minorities opened in Quang Nam Province.

US President Barack Obama met separately with his top Democratic allies and Republican foes to hammer out a compromise averting a debt default.

Japan posted a surprise trade surplus of $897 million in June, the government said as the nation recovers from the impact of the March earthquake.

First runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2010, Vu Hoang My recently held a photoshoot with lotus flowers.

Michael Phelps arrived in Shanghai with his US team-mates ahead of his bid for another huge medals haul at the world championships.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has raised its voice over the recent complaints of some artists over the state awards.

Film producers in Vietnam are prioritising profiteering rather than the quality of television films and series, a director has revealed.

The UN said that famine has hit two parts of rebel-held Somalia, due to a severe drought affecting over 10 million people in the Horn of Africa.

Embattled media mogul Rupert Murdoch vowed Wednesday that News Corp. would bounce back from the phone-hacking scandal.

The man who reinvented computers and made PCs a household item in most wealthy nations is now focusing his attention on recasting the WC.

Apple on Tuesday reported that revenue and profit rocketed to record highs in the recent quarter as sales of iPhones and iPads more than doubled.