CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

G20 leaders began a second day of talks on resolving bitter trade and currency disputes with the host South Korea saying it expected some sort of agreement to be reached.

Hundreds of reporters and bloggers rallied in central Moscow to demand Kremlin answers on a spate of attacks against the media.

Oil prices jumped above $88 a barrel in Asia on Thursday, boosted by news that U.S. crude and gasoline stockpiles declined last week.

Vietnam will send a 14-strong team to the 10th Pattaya Traditional Boat Race Festival - Thai Royal Cups.

China's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in more than two years, the government said Thursday.

US aerospace giant Boeing halted test flights on its new 787 Dreamliner, dealing a fresh setback to a program already running about three years behind schedule.

Haiti desperately sought on Wednesday to halt a cholera epidemic that threatens to spiral out of control after reaching the capital's crowded slums.

Singapore Airlines joined Qantas in grounding several A380 superjumbos because of engine problems.

More than 1,000 tigers have been killed in the past decade to fuel the illegal trade in parts of the endangered big cats, a report by a wildlife monitoring group said.

AMPAS has officially invited Film Director Dang Nhat Minh to attend a special ceremony in honour of his contributions to Vietnamese cinematography.

US President Barack Obama finally made a much-delayed return to his boyhood home of Indonesia on Tuesday.

Vietnam upset Bahrain 3-1 in their first match of the Asian Games in China’s Guangzhou Monday.

A conference in Laos aims to speed up efforts to rid the world of cluster bombs.

Frightened residents abandoned their homes in a bustling city of 400,000 at the foot of Indonesia's rumbling volcano Monday.

Business groups from around the world have urged leaders at this week's G20 summit to ensure the supply of rare earth minerals.