CULTURE AND SPORT

The largest painting of Uncle Ho’s testament, written on palm leaf made by artisan Vo Van Tang, has been entered in the Vietnam Guinness Book of Records.

For Valentine’s Day, impress your partner with romantic dining, accommodation and gifts.

Egypt's embattled regime warned of a military crackdown as massive protests demanding its overthrow spilled out across the country.

ASEAN has urged Thailand and Cambodia to return to negotiations following cross-border fire exchanges that claimed casualties.

Pakistan's ministers on Wednesday submitted their resignations to the prime minister as part of plans to appoint a smaller cabinet.

Military officers from North and South Korea Wednesday ended two days of talks without reaching agreement, Yonhap news agency reported.

Many images from the Vietnam War feature in a new museum exhibit in Paris focusing on Associated Press photographer Henri Huet.

China's central bank on Tuesday raised interest rates for the 3rd time in four months, as authorities ramp up efforts to tame inflation.

Vietnam climbed two steps in world ranking in February, said the world football authority, FIFA.

Over one season or two, no team in NBA history has lost as many games in a row as these Cleveland Cavaliers.

Gibbons in Asia have regional accents scientists say can identify the exact species of gibbon singing and where they are from.

If any doubt exists about whether President Obama gets the message that the American public wants him to put revitalizing job growth at the top of his priority list, the last two weeks should surely put them to rest.

Cambodia accused Thailand of damaging an 11th-century temple in fresh clashes on Sunday and appealed to the United Nations to halt the "aggression".

Chechen rebel chief Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for last month's bombing at Moscow's main airport.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would be tried behind closed doors in a "flagrant denial of justice" if extradited to Sweden over sex crime allegations, his lawyer said.

Wildfires in western Australia have destroyed at least 41 homes, officials said, stressing that the number could rise with the flames roaring out of control.

Opponents of Egyptian President Mubarak's embattled regime on Sunday dismissed as insufficient an offer to include them in political reform plans.

Vietnamese soccer players have discovered facebook as an interesting means of keeping in touch with fans.

After more than half a century of ups and downs, the Vietnamese circus has made a unique impression on the public.