Joshna Chinappa and Deepika Pallikal will face each other in the semifinal of the $8,000 Vietnam Open Squash tournament here after upsetting Denmark’s Line Hansen and Hong Kong’s Elise Ng respectively in the quarterfinals.

VIENTIANE, Laos - Connie Speight has swayed on elephant-back through unforgiving jungle and has adopted nine of the high-maintenance beasts. At 83, the retired American teacher is back in this Southeast Asian country to help save what remains of the once mighty herds.

Vast areas of forest are being illegally felled to fuel a demand for cheap furniture in the West, environment watchdogs said today.Vietnam is taking huge quantities of wood from neighbouring Laos to s…

Delegates to the international conference and showcase entitled Security World 2008 which started here Wednesday said organizations and individuals in Vietnam have yet to invest enough in or to have f…