CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Vietnam in Group B of the Asian Games football tournament reached the last 16 on Saturday in China’s Guangzhou despite of their 0-1 defeat to Iran.

Pacific Rim leaders met Sunday to propel ambitions for a vast free-trade pact, concluding a summit that has been overshadowed by economic wrangles.

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to name a new cabinet Sunday after clearing the decks for his long-awaited cabinet reshuffle.

China will speed up exports of rare earth minerals to Japan, the Japanese trade minister said Saturday.

US President Barack Obama made a push for free trade across Asia and the Pacific, at a regional summit clouded by tensions between its biggest economies.

The presidents of the United States, China and Russia were due to meet with other Pacific Rim leaders for a summit in Japan that threatens to be overshadowed by regional tensions.

The 16th Asian Games opened in central Guangzhou on Friday in a blaze of pyrotechnics as China staged the biggest sporting gala since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

G20 leaders vowed to avoid currency manipulation, but differences between China and the US prevented major progress in rebalancing the skewed global economy.

Le Quy Phuong, Head of the Vietnamese mission to the 16th ASIAD games, shared the team's confidence with DTiNews.

G20 leaders vowed to avoid tit-for-tat currency devaluations, but China's strong objections to any brakes on its export machine undermined a US push to redress skewed global trade.

A joint report from the WB and the UN suggested that better preparing for disasters is essential for governments.

To raise awareness and highlight the risk of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam, a beauty pageant, “Beauty Plus”, is being held for women suffering from the disease.

The economic downturn and the trauma of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have pushed more US veterans to suicide.