CULTURE AND SPORT

Nokia said it would cut 4,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2012 and transfer a further 3,000 employees to consulting firm Accenture.

Libyan rebels appear to be gaining ground against Moamer Kadhafi despite a deadly attack on Misrata port by the Libyan strongman's forces.

Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony unveiled its first tablet computers in a direct but belated challenge to Apple's iPad.

A concert featuring masterpieces by famous Austrian composer W.A. Mozart will take place at the Concert Hall of Vietnamese Cultural Space in Hanoi.

Japanese retail sales dropped 8.5% in March from a year earlier as recent earthquake and tsunami dampened sentiment among consumers.

The first qualifying round of the World 9-Ball Beijing Open tournament opened in Shoho commercial centre in China on April 25.

Syria bolstered its troops in the flashpoint town of Daraa as a rights group appealed for UN intervention in a bloody crackdown.

The Ari Roland famous jazz quartet will give two performances at the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on April 26 and April 28 respectively.

Resurgent global food prices are again threatening to push millions of people in developing Asia into extreme poverty, says a new report from the Asian Development Bank.

Chilean shellfish farmers are facing an uncertain future after a giant wave traveled the seas and washed away their scallop beds.

Syrian troops backed by tanks rolled into the flashpoint town of Daraa Monday, killing at least 25 people, witnesses said.

The Ari Roland famous jazz quartet will give two performances at the Ho Chi Minh City Academy of Music and Youth Theatre in Hanoi.

Thai and Cambodian troops faced off along their jungle frontier after 12 soldiers died in the bloodiest fighting since a bitter border dispute flared up almost three years ago.

NATO bombs destroyed Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's office in his immense Tripoli residence on Monday.

An outdoor rock show sponsored by Tiger Beer will be held in Hoa Lo Street, Hanoi on April 29.

England's Luke Donald missed a chance to claim golf's World No. 1 ranking, losing a tension-packed Heritage playoff to American Brandt Snedeker.

At least 17 people were killed and 24 injured in a Beijing building blaze, the latest accident to highlight China's dismal fire-safety record.

Private US company SpaceX hopes to put an astronaut on Mars within 10 to 20 years, the head of the firm said.  

Fierce clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border have left 10 dead and forced thousands to flee the worst bloodshed since a UN ceasefire appeal in February, officials said.