CULTURE AND SPORT

Well-known Japanese mime artist Iimuro Naoki will perform in Ho Chi Minh City from June 7-8 and Hanoi from June 10-11.

Google faced a lawsuit on Friday hours after it unveiled a free mobile application that turns a smartphone into an electronic wallet.

Six University of Chicago scholars have received named and distinguished service professorships, including Vietnam's Ngo Bao Chau.

The crew of the US space shuttle Endeavour are preparing for their fourth and final spacewalk outside the International Space Station.

Judokas Van Ngoc Tu will compete in the Judo Grand Slam in Rio, Brazil on June 18-19.

Officials Thursday said 232 people were still missing four days after a tornado tore through a Missouri town.

Foreign direct investment disbursements in Vietnam are forecast to reach $4.52 billion in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Serbia announced the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic on Thursday, ending a 16-year manhunt.

The Vietnam Football Federation’s selection of German coach Falko Goetz has been approved.

Leaders of the world's richest nations begin a summit in France dominated by the Arab Spring, the economy, and Japan's nuclear disaster.

Three explosions including two car blasts struck government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, leaving at least five injured.

The EU raised EUR4.75 billion for Portugal in a new bond issue, while the IMF gave its first tranche of emergency funding as part of a joint bailout.

The 2nd International Comics Festival will be held in Hanoi from May 30 to June 4.

A US astronaut Drew Feustel learned a valuable lesson about being teary-eyed on a spacewalk, NASA said.

Crisis still stalks the global economy with stagflation lurking despite moderate overall recovery, the OECD said.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde launched a bid on Wednesday to head the International Monetary Fund.

An eight-member Australian krump group, Grrilla Step, arrived in Hanoi on May 25 to perform for the youth.

Berlin airports will close as of 0900 GMT Wednesday because of danger posed by ash pouring from an Icelandic volcano.

Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages.