CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnamese-American screenwriter of the blockbuster "Hancock" filmed the movie for his latest script in Vietnam.

A trade fair and an investment promotion forum to boost economic ties between Zhongshan city, Guangdong province of China.

Donor countries are facing a daunting challenge this week as they gather for a conference that hopes to deliver more than three billion dollars to rebuild Haiti.

At least 123 people were trapped underground Sunday after water gushed into a coal mine in northern China, a government agency said.

Young music talents from high schools in Coventry performed at a charity concert to raise funds for several projects being implemented in Vietnam.

South Korean resumed the hunt for 46 sailors still missing after a warship sank in choppy waters near the border with North Korea following a still-unexplained explosion.

Cuban Minister of Basic Industry Yadira Garcia has spoken highly of the socio-economic achievements Vietnam has made over recent years.

The world's tallest building went dark and lights were shut off at other sites across the globe Saturday.

Lao PM Bouasone Buphavanh has expressed his wish that the two sides will soon reach a cooperation agreement.

The National Geographic Society of the US will revise the naming conventions of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in its maps.

Police have freed 30 Vietnamese nationals who were forced into slave labor at an underground garment factory in the town of Yegoryevsk.

Vietnamese experts will assist Chad enhance its food security by helping to improve irrigation for rice growing and boosting cereal production.

A group of American students traveled to Vietnam and wrote a textbook about the country for students to use in the 7th grade.

Government's strategies have enabled Vietnam to achieve the biggest leapfrog in this year's Global IT Ranking.

Former premier Iyad Allawi was to begin talks to form a government after his bloc edged out incumbent PM Nuri al-Maliki's coalition in declared results from Iraq's election.

The planet is overheated, under-resourced, and almost out of time, but technical innovation and green economics could still save the day, experts and leaders said.

Vietnamese Phan Thi Ngoc Linh beat Samantha Ruberu of France in the finals to win the first world goal medal in Muay Thai at the 2010 Championships.

A TV miniseries commissioned by a Dutch museum in an attempt to explain the origins of one of its Asian porcelain collection will be aired in Vietnam.

World-famous landmarks including the Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower and Beijing's Forbidden City will go dark Saturday as millions turn out the lights for "Earth Hour".