CULTURE AND SPORT

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".

Vietnam opened its consulate general in Houston city in the US state of Texas on March 25, making it the second of its kind.

European leaders closed a deal changing the eurozone's rule-book, with loans, backed by the IMF, primed for miscreants like Greece.

Dong Tam FC have signed Ricardo Formosinho as the new head coach to lead the team after suffering back to back defeats in their last two V-League 2010 matches.

US President Barack Obama hopes to speak to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev within days, amid strong indications a new nuclear arms deal could be signed early next month

Russia and the United States have agreed "all the documents" for a successor to a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty and will likely sign it in Prague.

The Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia, General Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Azizan Ariffin, is on an official visit to Vietnam.

Russia's Atomstroiexport will begin to build a nuclear research centre in Vietnam in 2012, the company's Vice President said.