CULTURE AND SPORT

The Paris-Sub 11 held a ceremony in Orsay on November 16 to honour Professor Ngo Bao Chau who has won the Fields Medal.

More than 100 angry Ryanair passengers sat in a dark cabin without food or water for four hours Wednesday, refusing to leave their plane after it was diverted to Belgium.

Global demand for the increasingly important "rare earth" minerals could outstrip supply by next year as dominant producer China slashes exports, analysts warn.

Haiti's cholera death toll passed 1,000 as mounting anger at the health crisis saw tensions spike.

Chinese police detained four people for allegedly sparking a fire in a Shanghai high-rise that killed 53 people.

The number of LTE connections in Asia Pacific will exceed 120 million by 2015, according to new data released by Wireless Intelligence.

At least 60 people died when a four-storey building in a crowded area of New Delhi collapsed, officials said Tuesday, as rescuers hunted for more victims trapped in the rubble.

The Vietnamese delegation snagged an additional four medals, raising its total to five at the 16th Asian Games.

Vietnam Television VTV9 and the Bac Dau Entertainment Company on Friday started receiving applicants from contestants for Vietnam’s first-ever male beauty pageant.

An airline ticketing scam duping major airlines and passengers is so sophisticated it's "unlike anything" fraud police have ever encountered.

A huge fire engulfed a Shanghai high-rise building on Monday, killing 42 people.

Next year's Edinburgh International Festival is to focus on Asian culture, welcoming performers from China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam.

At least eight people died as fire engulfed a Shanghai high-rise building Monday.

Haiti's cholera toll has risen above 900, including dozens of deaths in the teeming capital, as the epidemic showed no sign of abating.

Defending champions Vietnam will be deprived of their two key frontmen for the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup tournament.

Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were "happy to be alive" after the Somali pirates who hijacked the British couple's yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for a ransom.

The 48 Hour Film Project, part of the global independent film making festival that is spread over 85 cities in 30 countries, has arrived in Vietnam.

Vietnamese wushu artist Nguyen Manh Quyen snagged the first medal for Vietnam on the second day of the 16th Asian Games.

Barack Obama returned to Washington with mixed results to show from his longest foreign trip abroad as president.