CULTURE AND SPORT

Leaders of the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas held reconciliation talks in the Syrian capital and said they wanted the discussions to continue.

Apple on Saturday launched the latest version of its iPhone in China and opened another two stores in Beijing and Shanghai.

As many as 274 badminton players across the world will compete in the Vietnam Grand Prix 2010 in Ho Chi Minh City on October 5-10.

The Chinese trawlerman whose arrest sparked a major row arrived home on Saturday as Beijing called for compensation and an apology for the "unlawful" detention.

Crisis-hit New Delhi welcomed its first Commonwealth Games athletes on Friday.

Spanish and Vietnamese artists will be staging a theatrical extravaganza on October 2 to mark the millennium of Hanoi.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki defended his decision to add more diseases to the conditions officials can presume in Vietnam War veterans to be caused by Agent Orange exposure.

South Korea, the host of this year's second summit of Group of 20 leading nations, decided to invite Vietnam to Seoul in November.

Vietnam has set a top five spot as its goal at the international Tanimex Cup 2010 women’s beach volleyball tournament.

President Obama warned the Holy Land was doomed to perpetual bloodshed, unless the world unites behind his plan for a Palestinian state and a secure Israel.

Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said it is recalling millions of containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect parts.

Nguyen Tien Minh from Vietnam advanced to the second round of the Japan Super Series Badminton Tournament by beating Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong.

Overseas Vietnamese Nguyen Ngoc Kieu Khanh will represent Vietnam in the Miss World 2010 pageant in Sanya, China.

Taiwan luxury sedan maker Luxgen Motor plans to start exporting its vehicles to five foreign markets, including Vietnam, from the fourth quarter.

US President Barack Obama called Wednesday for greater urgency in the fight against the world's social ills as a UN poverty summit ended.

A Vietnamese war child who was adopted by a British family forty years ago has sold all of her possessions to fund an orphanage in her home country.

An exhibition called “Memories of the First Independence Day” was held in Hanoi on September 21.

Vietnam’s national football squad defeated U23 Kuwait 3-0 on Monday to take the lead of the Millennium Thang Long-Hanoi Cup.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced a 40-billion-dollar drive to improve the health of women and children.