CULTURE AND SPORT

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) will help develop chess in HCM City and Binh Duong Province, said the FIDE president.

Schemes to convert croplands or marginal lands to forests will make almost no inroads against global warming this century, a scientific study said.

European finance chiefs launched crunch talks to avert the default of Greece amid fears of a domino effect rippling across the eurozone.

European finance chiefs launched crunch talks Sunday to avert the default of debt-stricken Greece amid fears of a domino effect rippling across the eurozone.  

European aerospace giant EADS on Sunday unveiled a rocket plane it hopes will be able to fly from Paris to Tokyo in 2.5 hours by around 2050.

The 12th National Youth Martial Arts Tournament opened in Can Tho city, attracting nearly 300 athletes from 30 provinces and cities.

After an 8-year absence, actor Vo Hoai Nam has resumed his career by taking new role.

Japanese video game developer Sega Corp said that information belonging to 1.3 million customers has been stolen from its database.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. halted an operation to clean highly contaminated waste water at a crippled Japanese nuclear plant due to higher-than-expected radiation levels.

The Libyan government has dismissed rebel denials that the two sides have been holding talks and hit out at NATO's air war late.

Diva Thanh Lam and Vietnam Idol 2010 Uyen Linh will share the stage during a music show in Hanoi this weekend.

A global economic recovery could falter unless Europe averts sovereign defaults, the U.S. gets its fiscal house in order, the IMF warned.

Japanese scientists have discovered a way to create edible steaks from human feces in order to ease food shortage amid population boom.

Rory McIlroy completed the lowest opening 36 holes in US Open history on Friday despite a double-bogey finish.

Federal prosecutors dropped charges against Osama bin Laden from attacks spanning more than a decade, officials said.

As many as 40 teams will take part in the 2011 Vietnam Offroad Cup in Hanoi on June 25-26.

Embattled Greek PM George Papandreou picked a team of battle-hardened political veterans to carry out deeply unpopular austerity measures.

FIFA had approved the fourth phase of a project to nurture football in Vietnam, a source from the Vietnam Football Federation said.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou axed his finance minister Friday amid the country's crippling dead crisis, a spokesman said.