Football fan sentenced to four years in jail for setting off flares Vũ Trung Trực, a supporter of Nam Định FC, has been sentenced to four years in prison for public order offences and deliberately inflicting injuries by setting off flares.

Head in the clouds, Vietnamese engineer reaches for the stars

Pham Gia Vinh wants to turn Việt Nam into a hub for space flight services, either for scientific research or for space tourism purposes.

Lyon players, fans clash after Depay secures last 16 spot Lyon supporters and players clashed following the full-time whistle after captain Memphis Depay's equaliser sent the French club through to the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday following a 2-2 draw against RB Leipzig.

Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet

Cheers and applause erupted at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing.

Senior Trump officials survey California fire devastation

Senior members of President Donald Trump's administration visited California Monday as blazes that have killed at least eight people continued to cut a catastrophic swathe through the country's most populous state.

Son of American POW befriends captors

Thomas Eugene Wilber was 12 years old when his father’s plane was shot down in Việt Nam and taken prisoner. Just a day earlier, on 15 June 1968, he had received a belated birthday letter, and for sometime, believed that it could be the last thing he would ever get from his father. Two years later, he heard from his father, then interned in the Hỏa Lò Prison. His father told the family he was fine.

Khau Phạ paragliding festival closes in Yên Bái

The two-day Khau Phạ Paragliding Festival closed in Mù Cang Chải District in the northwestern province of Yên Bái on Sunday.

Mũi Né among top spots for adventure tourism1

Strong winds, big waves and a year-long tropical climate have made Mũi Né a paradise for adrenaline addicts.

 

 

 

British MPs take first step to starting Brexit

Museum gets US pilot effects

The management board of the Hỏa Lò Prison museum yesterday received memorabilia from the family of late US Commander Walter Eugene Wilber.