CULTURE AND SPORT

Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh returned to his No 7 world ranking after successfully completing the US Open Tournament.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem had a good start at the 2011 Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Germany by two draws with leading world rivals.

Japan's Honda Motor said Monday it would recall about 200,000 passenger cars globally due to defective engine parts.

Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples excitedly became the first to tie the knot as a New York state law took effect.

Cadel Evans' historic Tour de France win was hailed Monday as one of Australia's finest ever sporting achievements.

A Guinean woman who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in a New York hotel has broken her silence.

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik appears before an Oslo judge on Monday, seeking show-trial celebrity.

The White House and top lawmakers have struggled for a deal to save the world's richest country from a disastrous default on its debt.

The suspect in Norway's twin attacks that killed at least 92 people admitted responsibility.

A suspected right-wing fanatic accused of killing at least 92 people deemed his acts "atrocious" yet "necessary".

Two Chinese bullet trains involved in a high-speed collision which left 33 dead and nearly 200 injured.

Norwegian police said they were questioning a right-wing suspect over the massacre of 92 people.

Singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London flat. She was 27.

At least 11 people were killed and 89 hurt Saturday when a Chinese bullet train lost power after being struck by lightning.

Vietnam’s booming film industry which has seen commercial and big-money projects hitting the screens across the country in recent years.

Model Ngoc Trinh has received strong criticism for being “too honest” in a recent interview.

White House talks to avert a disastrous early August debt default teetered on the edge of collapse late Friday.

Nearly 300 athletes nationwide are competing in the final round of the 2011 National Junior Football Tournament, which opened Dak Lak on July 22.

A homegrown terrorist set off a deadly explosion in Oslo before heading to a summer camp to commit a shooting spree, killing at least 80 people, police said.