CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Rioting and looting spread across London as hooded youths set buildings and cars ablaze in a third night of violence in Britain's worst unrest in decades.

The Asian Youth Orchestra, which comprises 100 best music students in Asia chosen annually by audition, will perform in Hanoi twice next week.

Nearly 10 years after scientists cloned the first cat, predictions of a vast commercial market for the "resurrection" of beloved pets through cloning have fallen flat.

The European Central Bank is ready to buy Spanish and Italian government debt, French Finance Minister Francois Baroin said Monday.

China can be prevented from repeating all 5 titles in the world championships at Wembley arena, said the former world number one from Denmark.

Nam Phan will be the 1st Vietnamese-American athlete to compete at the UFC, a mixed martial arts event comprising boxing, Thai muay and karate.

NATO says it is investigating Taliban claims that they shot down a helicopter killing a team of 30 American troops.

Police in London arrested dozens of people on Sunday after 26 officers were injured in the city's worst riots in years.

The European Central Bank is due to hold emergency talks on whether to start buying Italian debt to contain spreading turmoil on financial markets.

Thirty US troops including special forces died when the Taliban shot down their helicopter, officials said, in the biggest single loss for foreign troops in the decade-long war.

The "Desperate Housewives" of Wisteria Lane might want to get their affairs in order.  

Standard & Poor's has cut the US credit rating for the first time in history.

Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem needs a professional foreign coach to help him develop to a new level, said an official.

NASA on Friday launched the billion-dollar solar-powered spacecraft Juno on a five-year journey to Jupiter.