CULTURE AND SPORT

PM Dung has affirmed Vietnam’s strong commitment to working closely with other countries in the Mekong River Basin to use and protect the river’s resources effectively and sustainably.

The meeting of ASEAN deputy finance ministers and vice central bank governors opened in Nha Trang city of the central coast province of Khanh Hoa on April 5.

An explosion ripped through a coal mine Monday in the US state of West Virginia, killing at least eight miners and leaving more than 20 unaccounted for

A Danish tanker escaped a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden after a French patrolling aircraft forced the Somali attackers to flee, the multi-national anti-piracy force said Monday.

Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Vietnam are competing in the 2010 ASEAN Futsal Championships in HCM City from April 5-11.

At least 95 workers have been found alive in a Chinese coal mine more than a week after they were trapped by an underground flood.

Italian businesses have described Vietnam as a young and dynamic economy which has great potential for development and investment.

Attending the 1st International Summit of the Mekong River Commission held in Thailand, PM Nguyen Tan Dung met with the host PM, Lao PM and the WB Vice President.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Mexico rocked buildings as far away as southern California.

More than 40 former Russian experts who worked in Vietnam during the wartime gathered on the outskirts of Moscow for the celebration of their first coming to Vietnam 45 years ago.

A New Zealand architecture firm has won an international competition to help design a massive university in Vietnam.

Three suicide car bombs targeting the Iranian and Egyptian embassies rocked Baghdad Sunday, killing 30 people in a surge of violence.

Apple's hotly-anticipated iPads are finally in consumers' hands in what the maker of iPods and iPhones heralds as a personal computing revolution.

The first group of rescuers and divers entered a flooded Chinese mine where 153 workers have been trapped for almost a week.

Vietnamese cuisine lovers and French-speaking chefs from around the globe gathered in Paris for a four-day food festival dubbed “Cooks’ village in Paris”.

PMs were unanimous that the two countries should deepen their bilateral cooperation in key fields.

Air France signed a code share agreement with Vietnam Airlines that will allow clients to fly directly from Paris to Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City.

It was more than a century ago that French colonialists began building a railway from Hai Phong in Vietnam to Kunming, in Southwest China's Yunnan province.

"Dancing with the Stars", the popular television show that brings celebrities to the dance floor is making its way to Vietnam.