CULTURE AND SPORT

Australian police say a Vietnamese man was killed when a tourist bus crashed in south-west Victoria on Sunday afternoon.

South Korea and the United States launched a new round of war games on Monday involving tens of thousands of troops, despite threats of retaliation from North Korea.

An Apple employee has been charged with selling secrets to Asian suppliers of the tech giant, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

The Vietnam pageant closed in Ha Long city and Hanoi's constestant Dang Thi Ngoc Han was crowned as the beauty queen.

Australian scientists have discovered a cluster of brilliant shallow-water corals that could help in the search for anti-cancer drugs and to understand global warming.

The Vietnamese translation of Wayne Karlin’s Wandering Souls, a novel about the American War in Vietnam, has hit bookstores throughout the nation.

Roger Federer orchestrated a victory over nemesis Tomas Berdych for a place in Saturday ATP Toronto Masters semi-finals.

A calligraphic installation called Secret Mantra by Le Quoc Viet will be displayed from August 18 – 24 in Massachusetts, USA.

The southern US state of Alabama has filed a lawsuit against BP and other companies linked to the oil spill "catastrophe" that soiled the Gulf of Mexico coastline.

Soul singer Macy Gray, British songstress Marianne Faithfull and US stage director Robert Wilson will lend their talents to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Poland.

The national football team will convene for training in Hanoi, while U-23 squad will be in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for the AFF Cup and Asian Games.

Iran is to launch its first nuclear power reactor next week, the Islamic republic and Russia which helped build the plant said on Friday.

The 2010 Perseid meteor shower lived up to its promise of a meteor per minute just before dawn on Friday.

Members of the Ho Chi Minh City Circus Federation won a gold medal at the 13th International Circus Festival in Hanoi, which ended on Wednesday.

The inaugural Youth Olympic Games get under way in Singapore on Saturday, realising a long-held dream of International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge.

Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that the Internet giant's Android software infringes on patents it now holds.

The Vietnam Football Federation will review the sale of television rights for the national top-flight V-League football.

Vietnam fuelled the surge in Asian beer production, with an increase of more than 24 per cent in beer manufacturing over 2009.

The UN has appealed for 460 million dollars in urgent aid to cope with Pakistan's devastating floods.