CULTURE AND SPORT

US President Barack Obama's job approval rating has sunk below 40 percent for the first time, according to a new Gallup daily tracking poll.

Model Ngoc Trinh, nicknamed 'Lingerie Queen', has become Miss Vietnam International 2011.

Novak Djokovic won the ATP Montreal Masters on Sunday, his ninth title of the season, after a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 defeat of Mardy Fish.

Ngoc Trinh beat 35 other beauties to become the first ever global Miss Vietnam International in the US on August 13.

American foreign policy needs to transition from the Middle East to Asia, a top US diplomat said Monday.

Twitpic founder Noah Everett has unveiled Heello, his feature-for-feature copy of Twitter after Twitter completed the rollout of its photo-sharing service — a direct competitor to Twitpic.

The international group of hackers known as Anonymous began a cyber attack on a website of the San Francisco subway.

Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 22 people in a bold attack on a governor's compound in central Afghanistan during a security meeting Sunday, officials said.

Cuba’s daily newspaper, Granma, has written that the US government needs to take responsibility and ease the pain of Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik has been taken back to the island of Utoeya for a police reconstruction of the killing of his 69 victims there.

Bangladesh will import 120,000 tonnes of fuel oil from Vietnam’s Petrolimex, a senior Bangladesh Petroleum Corp official said.

Thai police have filed six charges against three men accused of illegally transporting almost 2,000 dogs to Vietnam to be butchered for human consumption.

The Military team successfully defended their title at the 17th National Youth Karatedo Championships, which concluded in Can Tho City.

Canada and Honduras have signed a free trade agreement as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper concluded his tour of Latin America.

If you are angry that someone spoiled the plot of a movie or revealed the ending of a book, don't be.

US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed progress towards a security handover from US to Afghan forces by 2014, the White House said.

Police in London said Friday they have charged almost 600 people with violence, disorder and looting over deadly riots in Britain's capital.

Vietnamese-American beauty Pham Thuy Vy Victoria was chosen to represent Vietnam at the Miss World beauty pageant 2011 in London.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympic organising committee, expressed confidence Thursday that the riots in the capital over the past week will not tarnish the image of next year's Games.