VIETNAM TODAY

The final installment of the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows-Part 2", recorded $168 million in ticket sales, Exhibitor Relations said.

Vietnam has seen an alarming increase in cases of child sexual abuse in recent years, with some victims as young as six years old.

The Irish famous boy band Westlife will have a one night show in Hanoi on October 1 to mark for its 11th album Gravity.

Hand, foot and mouth disease has caused 50 deaths in southern Vietnam this year, according to Pasteur Institute in HCM City.

The White House expressed confidence that a catastrophic debt default would be averted, but warring US lawmakers no closer to a deficit deal.

Vietnamese students brought home five medals from the 42 nd International Physics Olympiad that took place in Thailand from July 8-18.

Japan twice came from behind to win the women's World Cup for the first time on Sunday, beating the United States 3-1 on a penalty shoot-out.

Britain's top police officer resigned and Murdoch's former aide Rebekah Brooks was arrested over the phone hacking scandal.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs on July 17 handed over a decision recognising the religious organisation status of the Vietnam Caodaism Society.

The Dung Quat Oil Refinery on July 17 sold 3,000 cu.m of jet petrol to the Vietnam Air Petrol Company to serve flights of the national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines.

British police arrested Rebekah Brooks, a former top aide to Rupert Murdoch, casting doubt over her appearance this week to answer questions about the phone-hacking scandal.

An Indonesian volcano saw its biggest eruption in weeks on Sunday, sending huge clouds of ash 3,500 metres (11,500 feet) into the sky, an official said.

People’s Court in Tan Phu District has sentenced Tran Thi Xuan Nu, 30, to 4 years in jail for locking a 4-year-old boy in the elevator.

British celebrities have wasted no time in using the News of the World scandal to press their own agenda against the tabloids.

The Vietnam Gas Corporation signed a deal worth 441.57 million USD for engineering, procurement and construction of a gas processing plant in HCM City.

Starting with a complete 2002 Mercury Cougar coupe, Duff set to work transforming the vehicle's entire exterior into that of a world-class supercar.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2," broke single-day box office records with a whopping $92.1 million in opening day sales, according to an industry tracker.

San Diu ethnic paintings, meant for worship and found in the mountainous northern province of Tuyen Quang, owe much of their survival to local collectors.

For the first time, Vietnam exported 100,000 tonnes of sugar to China, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong.