Hanoi - Hanoi police have arrested a man who was found illegally transporting a tiger skeleton in his car, a police official said Friday. Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Hung said police had been tipped...

Bangkok, Thailand (Sports Network) - Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic and Aussie Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were among Friday's quarterfinal winners at the $576,000 Thailand Open. The t...

Hanoi - Vietnamese authorities have detected the H5N1 avian flu virus in a flock of ducks on a farm in the southern province of Ca Mau, a government official said Friday. Hoang Van Nam, deputy directo...

According to the agreement, signed between ADB Country Director for Vietnam Ayumi Konishi and State Bank Governor Nguyen Van Giau, the 27-year loan will be used for building the 244-kilometer road f...

"It should be a good show, a very good match. I'm not surprised that we French players are doing well. We have a group of five guys in the top 30."

Top seed Novak Djokovic battled to a 6-4 7-5 win over a defiant Robin Soderling to reach the semi-finals of the Thailand Open on Friday. In a battle of big serves and powerful groundstrokes, the Serb...

BANGKOK, Thailand - Second-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France fired 13 aces Friday to overpower Austria's Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 6-2 and move into the semifinals of the US$576,000 (euro393,400...

(AFP)--Thailand's Supreme Court on Friday issued a fourth arrest warrant for ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is living in self- imposed exile in the U.K.

The money comes as international backers have shown an increased willingness to fund the tribunal, following the appointment of an ethics monitor to grapple with ongoing corruption claims within the...

PHNOM PENH, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- A strong correlation between mental health problems during pregnancy and low birth weight and stunted childhood development has been identified by a study aiming to ra...

Bangkok - French players continued to dominate proceedings at the Thailand Open, with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gael Monfils lining up a semi-final clash through Friday victories. In addition, 74th-ranke...

Stockholm - Nordic telecommunications group Telia Sonera on Friday said it had bought "controlling interests" in two mobile operators in Nepal and Cambodia, respectively. The move, worth 3.2 billion k...

Volume traded totaled 22.1 million shares, with foreigners accounting for 16.9%, the stock market operator said. -By Nguyen Pham Muoi, Dow Jones Newswires; 84 913220614; phammuoi.nguyen@ dowjones....

Djokovic was broken in the second game of the second set but got it back as he rolled ahead to the easy win. It was the 56th victory of the season for the reigning Australian Open winner.

Hong Kong - The number of US dollar millionaires grew by 22.7 per cent in India and 20.3 per cent in China last year as the ranks of wealthy in the Asia-Pacific region swelled to 2.8 million, accordin...

BANGALORE, INDIA, September 26, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- 3Com Corporation, a leading provider of secure converged networking (SCN) solutions for enterprises of all sizes, today announced that TOT, T...

Bangkok - A publicity stunt by an underdog in the race to be governor of Bangkok went badly wrong when her campaign manager drowned as they bathed in a canal to highlight the plight of residents who h...

(AFP)--Insurgents shot dead four Muslim men across Thailand's restive south, police said Friday. A 33-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday evening while driving his wife home on a motorcycle from ...

, but he didn't say whether he and premier Somchai Wongsawat would discuss a dispute over land near ancient temples along their border, which earlier led to a weeks-long military standoff. "If there...

In another step to help banks boost liquidity and reduce lending rates, the central bank will also allow banks to use their compulsory deposits, valued at