CULTURE AND SPORT

Alexis Thompson, a 16-year-old US prodigy, fired a five-under par 67 on Saturday to share the lead at the Avnet Classic.

Survivors of powerful tornadoes that swept the US south this week began the monumental task of clearing away debris from a disaster.

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in an air strike, a spokesman said Sunday.

Four documentaries by winners of Discovery Channel's First Time Filmmakers Vietnam initiative will premiere in May.

Phan Thi Huong Giang, the first runner-up in the 2009 Miss Jewelry contest, will represent Vietnam at 2011 Miss Global Beauty pageant.

Danang sparkled with all sorts of colours on the opening night of international firework contest along Han River.

A bomb in Marrakesh that killed 16 people was set off by a remote-control device and bore the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda, a Moroccan minister said.

Prince William and Kate Middleton married with a mix of pageantry and spontaneity, kissing twice in front of a sea of revellers.

The Doha round of global talks aimed at expanding free trade is on the brink of failure, World Trade Organisation chief Pascal Lamy warned.

China will attempt its first space docking between two unmanned vehicles this year, the first step in efforts to build a Chinese space station.

The annual fashion show launched by Vietnam Pictorial’s publication, Dep magazine, won a prize at the second Fashion Asian Award 2011.

Land clearance by hundreds of mine and plantation companies operating illegally on Indonesia's Borneo island has cost the country USD36 billion.

Prince William and Kate Middleton marry in Britain's biggest royal wedding for 30 years, watched by over a million spectators.

Two Vietnamese boxers made it through to the finals of the ongoing AIBA Youth and Junior World Championships in Antalya, Turkey.

Microsoft posted a more than 30 percent rise in quarterly net profit but pocketed less than gadget-maker Apple for the first time in two decades.

A global warming target could be missed three times over if countries fail to promote clean energy, the International Energy Agency warned.

Austria’s global love story TV series “The Dream Hotel” has come to Ho Chi Minh City to cast actors.

Shocked Americans struggled Thursday to grasp the magnitude of the worst US tornadoes in decades, claiming at least 295 lives.

Shocked Americans struggled Thursday to grasp the magnitude of the worst US tornadoes in decades, leaving 280 people dead.