CULTURE AND SPORT

Nigerian striker Abdulrazak Ekpoki scored the only goal of the match between Song Lam Nghe An and Hoang Anh Gia Lai in the National Football Cup final.

Mobile game maker SocialDeck has been bought by Google, the latest in a string of acquisitions by the Internet giant.

By his own reckoning, a Navy electrician spent just eight hours in Vietnam, during a layover on his flight back to the U.S. in 1966. He bought some cigarettes and snapped a few photos.

An Indonesian volcano spewed a vast cloud of smoke and ash high into the air on Monday, disrupting flights and sending thousands more people into temporary shelters.

The three-country should jointly develop Routes 8 and 12 as eco-tourism routes, suggests the Thai ambassador to Vientiane.

American Michelle Wie won her second career title going wire-to-wire to capture the LPGA Canadian Women's Open.

The television drama series "Mad Men" kept its crown as the best drama series at the 62nd annual Emmy Awards.

China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, state media reported.

A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years Sunday, sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes.

The first Vietnam Music Day will be held at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on September 3.

A total of 15 volleyball teams from countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region will take part in the Asian Youth Girls’ Volleyball Championship.

At least 211 people, mostly children, have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in an impoverished region of northern Indian.

The United States will rely on youth as they attempt to claim back the world crown without many of their National Basketball Association stars.

Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations surged with the opening of a free-trade agreement, a Chinese official said.

Europe’s biggest carmaker, Volkswagen AG, is eyeing the Asean market.

Former US president Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang to resume nuclear disarmament talks.

Up to 250 martial artists from 32 teams will be taking part in the National Karate Championship at Quang Ngai Gymnasium on September 4-9.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was believed to be visiting key ally China on Thursday, possibly with his youngest son and presumed successor.

Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in the country.