05-01-2017 16:00
PARIS: France has moved to suspend sales of a vitamin D medication following the death of a 10-day-old baby in December who had being given the supplement, health officials said on Wednesday (Jan 4).
05-01-2017 10:16
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France: A 105-year-old Frenchman set a new one-hour cycling record for his age on Wednesday (Jan 4) - although Robert Marchand was already in a class of his own.
21-12-2016 09:42
PARIS: France is under a "high level of threat" from terror attack but already has a large-scale security operation in place, President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday (Dec 20), following the carnage at a Berlin Christmas market.
14-12-2016 14:52
STRASBOURG, France: The European Commission on Tuesday (Dec 13) proposed to overhaul rules on benefits for EU migrants in a bid to quell rising anti-immigration sentiment in Europe after the shock Brexit vote.
30-11-2016 16:03
Minister of Information and Communication Truong Minh Tuan visited France from November 26-29, aiming to strengthen cooperation between Vietnam and France in information technology and communications.
30-11-2016 11:00
PARIS: Airbus announced on Tuesday (Nov 29) it was cutting more than 1,100 jobs in Europe and closing one of its sites in the Paris region as part of an ongoing restructuring programme.
08-11-2016 11:00
PARIS: France's green party EELV on Monday (Nov 7) elected MEP and former Greenpeace activist Yannick Jadot as its candidate for next year's presidential election.
03-11-2016 10:22
CALAIS: French authorities on Wednesday (Nov 2) started moving out the remaining 1,500 unaccompanied children living next to the razed "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais to shelters around the country.
29-10-2016 13:00
LONDON: Horrified by the desperate plight of traumatised children in the "Jungle" migrant camp in France, one London borough is seeking to provide a new life in Britain for unaccompanied youngsters.
28-10-2016 09:57
VIENNA: Andy Murray defeated France's Gilles Simon for the 16th time on Thursday (Oct 27) to reach the Vienna ATP quarter-finals and keep alive his bid to snatch Novak Djokovic's world number one ranking.
14-10-2016 10:00
HONG KONG: Venus Williams was eliminated from the Hong Kong Open on Thursday by France's Alize Cornet after a tightly fought match.
12-10-2016 12:08
French Cuisine Festival, themed “Balade En France” will take place at Equatorial Hotel, District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City from November 4-5.
08-10-2016 11:30
PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the opening four minutes on the way to a four-goal haul as European champions Portugal smashed Andorra 6-0 in World Cup qualifying on Friday (Oct 7), while France recovered from a goal down to thrash Bulgaria.
06-10-2016 13:34
France-based Vinci Construction has expressed interest in co-operating with Berjaya Land Berhad (Berjaya), a subsidiary of Malaysian Berjaya Corporation, to develop the long-delayed $930 million Vietnam Financial Centre in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City.
05-10-2016 16:52
REUTERS: Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba needs to be given more time to demonstrate his quality in England as his hefty price tag has raised expectations to a very high level, France coach Didier Deschamps has said.