CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Twenty protesters were killed in a clash with police in the ethnically tense northwestern region of Xinjiang, a Uighur exile group said Tuesday.

David Cameron arrived back in Britain to face a gruelling parliamentary examination over the phone-hacking scandal.

Defying a White House veto threat, US lawmakers vote Tuesday on a "Tea Party"-backed plan requiring draconian cuts in government spending.

Japan banned all cattle shipments from Fukushima prefecture due to escalating fears of radiation-tainted beef in its meat distribution chain.

To prepare for the Miss Universe 2011 in September, the first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2010, Vu Hoang My is working very hard.

Vietnam’s national football team is undergoing rigorous training before leaving for Qatar for its World Cup Qualifier.

Art troupes from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will gather at a music festival to take place in the central province of Quang Tri on July 22-26.

Former American cycling star Lance Armstrong has accused a group of US media giants of reporting grand jury information allegedly illegally leaked.

NASA had reached an agreement with United Launch Alliance to try to adopt the Atlas V commercial rocket to send astronauts to the ISS.

China will introduce a pilot scheme for carbon emissions trading and gradually develop a national market, state media said.