Model’s barely-there Cannes dress arouses strong opinions
Ngoc Trinh’s outfit at the Cannes Film Festival has caused a stir internationally and raised hackles in Vietnam for being immodest.The 29-year-old appeared on...
Vietnam rages against drunk driving as death toll mounts
Social media was shaken by the image of a boy weeping in front of his dead mother on a street after a recent accident.Le...
Screening of The Third Wife suspended in Vietnam
Producers of The Third Wife decided Tuesday to stop screening the acclaimed film, concerned about impacts on its leading actress.Under public pressure, the production...
Vietnamese football needs good referees more than video assistance
While the use of Video Assistance Referee (VAR) will help fairer adjudication, the V. League needs better manual refereeing.The Vietnam Professional Football Jointstock Company...
Vietnam football federation fined $39,500 for fans lighting flares at Asian...
Vietnamese fans fired flares during two games of the AFC U23 Championship qualifiers and the national football federation has to pay.The Asian Football Confederation...
Central Highlands church has communal look
Built in 2005, a Catholic church in Pleiku resembles an ethnic minority communal house on stilts.The Pleichuet Church located on Truong Dinh Street in...
Thailand tops growth in tourist arrivals to Vietnam
The number of Thai tourists visiting Vietnam posted the highest growth in the January-April period.The growth in Thai arrivals surpassed that of Vietnam’s two...
What to see in Vietnam during Reunification Day-Labor Day holidays
The Reunification Day (April 30) and Labor Day (May 1) holidays will see grand shows of culture and tourism beauty around the country.Hanoi
The Vietnam Ethnic...
Ha Long Bay among world’s 25 most beautiful places: CNN
Ha Long Bay is one of the three natural wonders in Asia to break into CNN's list of 25 most beautiful places on the...
Trump says not disturbed that North Korea has ‘fired off some...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed concerns about recent missile launches from North Korea and said he was confident that the country’s leader,...
Iran can sink U.S. warships with ‘secret weapons’, military official says
Iran can sink U.S. warships sent to the Gulf region using missiles and “secret weapons”, a senior Iranian military official was quoted as saying...
British health minister Hancock joins race to replace May as prime...
British health minister Matt Hancock said on Saturday he would enter the contest to be the next leader of the Conservative Party, the fifth...
Tearful May calls time on premiership overshadowed by Brexit
Her voice breaking, Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation on Friday after three years of Brexit turmoil, dramatically increasing the likelihood of Britain...
Sri Lanka in talks with India, Japan to build container terminal...
Sri Lanka is in advanced talks with India and Japan to construct a container terminal at the port in Colombo, next to a Chinese...
‘Traffic jam’ on Everest as two more climbers die reaching summit
A huge queue of climbers has formed near the summit of Mount Everest as expedition organizers reported two more deaths on the world's highest...
US, Japan, S.Korea, Australia hold first naval drills in Western Pacific
U.S. Navy ships conducted joint drills with warships from allies Japan, Australia and South Korea in their first combined exercise in the Western Pacific,...
Sinking feeling: Philippine cities facing ‘slow-motion disaster’
The steady sinking of coastal towns and islets like Pariahan in the northern Philippines has caused Manila Bay's brackish water to pour inland and...
Taiwan holds first gay marriages in historic day for Asia
Taiwan's first official same-sex weddings kicked off Friday in a landmark moment for LGBT rights in Asia.Gay couples took the historic step of registering...
50 children saved after police bust paedophile website: Interpol
Nine people had been arrested in Thailand, Australia and the U.S. and 50 children had been rescued after investigators took down an online paedophilia...
Bangladeshi’s diary spotlights Singapore migrant struggles
Toiling for long hours for meagre salaries and living in crowded dormitories, migrant construction workers have helped build modern-day Singapore.But these migrants remain all...
