Auditions for Vietnam's Got Talent will be held from October to June 2012 nationwide, according to a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on September 26.
US divers are working to recover what may be the biggest shipwreck haul ever from the SS Gairsoppa which was torpedoed by a German U-boat 70 years ago.
One hundred countries have now signed up to an international accord vowing to stop children from being forced to fight in armies, according to officials.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh held a bilateral minister-level dialogue with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the sideline of the UN General Assembly session.