CULTURE AND SPORT

Toyota announced a safety recall of about 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to fix a brake fluid leak that it warned can gradually diminish braking performance in the cars.

Xin Chao Art Performance Co. Ltd. is investing heavily in the upgrade of the Ho Chi Minh City Circus Theater at September 23 Park in District 1.

US and French researchers said they have discovered a genetic marker that is present in at least 11 types of cancerous tumours and could lead to new tests and treatments for the disease.

China -- home to the biggest counterfeit and piracy market in the world -- has said it will launch a nationwide crackdown on fake goods in a bid to improve the country's image abroad.

2010 will see the number of Internet users top two billion globally before year’s end.

The first international cultural exchange Halloween festival in Hanoi will take place at West Lake Park on October 31.

Coral reefs in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean are dying from the worst bleaching effect in more than a decade, Australian marine scientists said Tuesday.

The World Bank warned that capital inflows into fast-growing East Asian economies have inflated regional currencies and could threaten growth.

Vietnam's top three-cushion billiards player Duong Anh Vu will compete in the 63rd World Three Cushion Championships from tomorrow to Sunday in Sluiskil, the Netherlands.

The strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines in years killed at least 10 people as it generated waves as big as houses and destroyed swathes of vital rice crops, authorities said Tuesday.

Philippine authorities said Tuesday the death toll from Typhoon Megi had risen to three.

International Monetary Fund and central bank officials from around the world met in China Monday to discuss ways to boost the global economic recovery.

Russian oil company TNK-BP said it had agreed a deal with BP to acquire the troubled British oil giant's assets in Vietnam and Venezuela for 1.8 billion dollars.

The Vietnam International Film Festival opened with the attendance of many film makers, directors, actors and actresses.

Japan's Prime Minister voiced regret over a wave of angry anti-Japanese protests in China at the weekend.

A Vietnamese hip-hop dance crew has bagged the first prize at Southeast Asia's Battle of the Year contest in Singapore.

In the next 40 years, an unprecedented number of women will be in positions of power, and Muslim immigration to the West will rise, a new report says.

A South Korean fishing boat with 43 people on board has been seized by Somali pirates off the coast of Kenya, the foreign ministry said Sunday.

A China coal mine accident killed 20 miners and left another 17 missing underground Saturday, the government said.