CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam has already wrapped up preparations for the hosting of the 16th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations slated for Hanoi from April 6-9.

A photo exhibition entitled “Asian Moments” by a Vietnamese photographer will run at La Haye University in the Netherlands.

The France Development Agency will provide a 100 million EUR loan to back Vietnam's public investment reform program.

Vietnam recently requested China to unconditionally release without delay 12 Vietnamese fishermen, and their ship, who were arrested by China.

Moscow held a day of mourning for the 38 victims of twin suicide bombings on packed metro trains, as Russian leaders pledged to hunt down and wipe out those behind the attacks.

The global economic crisis should serve as a "wake-up call" for Asia to commit to reforms, an executive at the Asian Development Bank says.

Art Vietnam’s current exhibition is an invitation to enter the strange and mysterious world of Ly Tran Quynh Giang.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Monday on trains on Moscow's metro system, killing 38 people during morning rush-hour.

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.