UEFA announced on Friday that there will be a substantial increase in prize money for the nations competing at the Euro 2016 finals in France.

Russia symbolically handed over a puppy to France on Monday to replace a police dog called Diesel who was killed during a raid linked to the Nov 13 Paris attacks.

France will keep joining hands with Vietnam in responding to climate change, which is expected to heavily impact the Southeast Asian country in the future, said the chief of the French Development Agency (AFD) in Vietnam this week.

France's top diplomat Laurent Fabius, presiding over 195-nation talks for a UN climate pact, urged negotiators Wednesday to pick up the pace so as to finish the job by December 11.

Fashion show producer and model Jessica Minh Anh is an expert in transforming the world's most iconic venues into phenomenal catwalks. Before her most recent "floating catwalk" on the River Seine in Paris in October, Jessica created the world's first solar-powered catwalk at the award-winning solar plant Gemasolar in Sevilla, Spain in July. Other world-famous places such as the Eiffel Tower in France, the Tower Bridge in London, One World Trade Center, Gardens by the Bays Skyway in Singapore and the Petronas Twin Towers' Skybridge in Malaysia have been featured in her work. During her recent visit to Viet Nam, the Ha Noi-born woman chatted with Nguyen Thuy Hang about her unique work.

French President Francois Hollande on Sunday condemned the "scandalous" behaviour of far-left activists who clashed with riot police in an area dedicated for memorials to the Paris attacks ahead of key UN climate talks.

French police on Sunday released a photo of the third of three suicide bombers who blew themselves up outside France's national stadium during the Nov 13 Paris attacks.

Jérémy Jouve, one of the leading guitarists in France, will give a classical guitar recital at the L'Espace French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on November 21.

A moving rendition of the French national anthem reverberated around London's Wembley Stadium on Tuesday as fans of England and France paid tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks.

France and Russia agreed on Tuesday to work together in an unusual alliance against Islamic State militants in Syria after devastating attacks on Paris and last month's bombing of a Russian plane.

Jonathan Walters was the toast of Lansdowne Road as his brace against Bosnia-Herzegovina in a 2-0 victory fired Ireland to next summer's European Championship Finals in France.

Tours from/to France will still be running as scheduled following a series of deadly terror attacks across Paris on November 13, said Tran Thi Viet Huong, Deputy Director of PR Department at Vietravel, a major tour operator. 

France led a minute's silence observed around the world on Monday in memory of the victims of the worst-ever terror attacks on French soil.

The 82-year-old, who scored a record 13 goals in six games at the 1958 World Cup,said that he feared a repeat of black Friday should France host the European Championships.

Vietnamese shares declined slightly yesterday on both local exchanges, reversing after a two-day winning streak, as the financial sector slumped after the terror attacks in Paris last week.