CULTURE AND SPORT

Synthetic drugs are replacing traditional plant-based narcotics such as heroin and opium across Asia, a United Nations report has warned.

Vietnam will submit a feature, two documentaries, and an animated film to the 54th Asia-Pacific Film Festival – APFF held in Taiwan from Dec. 2-4.

The rescue of three teenagers from the remote Pacific island of Tokelau, who survived on rainwater and a seagull while adrift for 50 days at sea, was hailed Friday as a "miracle".

President Lee Myung-bak decided Thursday to replace his defense minister accused of mishandling North Korea's deadly artillery attack earlier this week.

An exhibition of lacquer art called Dipolar by German artist, Khai Doan, will open on December 3 at the Museum of Fine Arts in HCMC.

Bangladesh has turned to Vietnam for import of rice following India’s reported refusal to begin exporting 3,00,000 metric tonnes of parboiled rice.

Ireland has unveiled a 15-billion-euro austerity package as part of its requirements to unlock an international bailout.

Vietnamese martial artist Le Bich Phuong defeated world champion Kobayashi Miki in the women’s karate competition.

Cambodia's prime minister led an emotional memorial ceremony at the site of a bridge stampede in the capital that killed almost 350 people.

The French cultural center L’Espace in Hanoi will screen a realist ‘dramedy’ (drama and comedy) Friday night, followed by concerts and conferences through early next month.

Ireland unveiled a 15-billion-euro austerity package required to unlock an international bailout, slashing public sector pay and pensions but refusing to raise corporation tax.

S.Korea's troops were on high alert as their government exchanged threats with N.Korea following a military skirmish.

Grieving Cambodian families began paying their last respects to relatives among the 378 victims killed in a festival stampede.

The silver medal at the 16th Asian Games was earned by track and field athlete Truong Thanh Hang at the women’s 1,500m final.

Irish PM Brian Cowen battled for his political survival, while Germany said the euro itself was on the line.

The number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has dropped by about one-fifth over the past decade, the UN said.

Frantic relatives scoured makeshift morgues in the Cambodian capital on Tuesday after nearly 380 revellers perished in a huge stampede on an overcrowded bridge.

North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells onto a South Korean island, killing one person and triggering an exchange of fire.

Vu Thi Huong finished third in the women’s 100m sprint, but it was not enough to satisfy Vietnam’s desire for their first gold medal at the 16th Asian games.