CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam has won the champion title at the 12th ASEAN Youth Chess Championship held in Indonesia.

Figures released by industry tracker comScore credited Google with being the first online operation to attract over a billion visitors in a month.

The air in most Asian cities is getting more polluted and the rivers filthier, but experts believe in a green vision for the region.

An actress received criticism for her ‘overly sexy’ attire on an episode of the hit Vietnamese dance sport TV series.

Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, an Associated Press investigation shows.

Senator John McCain called for U.S. support to Southeast Asian nations to stand up against China in the increasingly volatile South China Sea.

The best photos out of 746 received for the first Hanoi Artistic Photo Festival this month are on display in the capital.

Ryan Dunn, a U.S. comedy star known for his death-defying and often car-related pranks, died in a car accident early Monday, MTV said.

President Barack Obama will announce his drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday, mapping out an endgame for a 10-year war.

44 people were killed and 8 were seriously injured when a Russian passenger plane crashed onto a motorway, officials said.

The US's defense secretary confirmed that the US was involved in preliminary talks with Taliban to seek a political solution to the Afghan war.

Vietnamese movie fans are in for a treat this year as filmmakers continue to explore various genres.

Europe promised to unblock existing bailout loans for Greece and draw up a second financial rescue as long as its parliament approves fierce new budget cuts and a raft of asset sales.  

Singapore on Monday urged China to be more open about the extent of its territorial claims in the South China Sea.

Australian Nick D'Arcy handed Michael Phelps another 200m butterfly defeat, edging the world record-holder at the Santa Clara Grand Prix.

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) will help develop chess in HCM City and Binh Duong Province, said the FIDE president.

Schemes to convert croplands or marginal lands to forests will make almost no inroads against global warming this century, a scientific study said.

European finance chiefs launched crunch talks to avert the default of Greece amid fears of a domino effect rippling across the eurozone.

European finance chiefs launched crunch talks Sunday to avert the default of debt-stricken Greece amid fears of a domino effect rippling across the eurozone.