CULTURE AND SPORT

"The Exorcist," the "Star Wars" sequel and "All the President's Men" were named to the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Vietnam Television has launched the 2011 Folk Singing Festival to discover new original folk melodies peculiar to each region as well as prominent folk singing voices.

US chain Wal-Mart has invested in Chinese e-commerce consumer electronics seller 360buy.com, as the world's largest retailer steps up its presence in China.

A hip hop contest would be organised every month for dancers throughout the country in preparation for a final round at the end of next year.

Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.

Japan's core consumer price index fell 0.5 percent in November from a year ago, as deflation continues to plague the Asian economic giant, government data showed Tuesday.

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will make a brief stop in Seoul when he travels next month to China and Japan, the Pentagon said Monday.

Tran Nguyen Uyen Linh of Ho Chi Minh City won the Vietnam Idol 2010 contest on December 25.

Nine men appeared in a London court Monday charged with terrorism offences including plotting bombings in Britain, a week after they were arrested in pre-dawn raids.

The explosion of an Indian space rocket is likely to hit the country's efforts to push further into the global market for launching commercial satellites, experts warned Sunday.

The UN World Food Programme said it had suspended food distribution in a lawless Pakistani tribal district where a woman suicide bomber killed more than 40 people.

Books about Vietnam war written by two US veterans Larry Heinemann and Bruce Weigl, who served in the US-Vietnam war from 1967-68, hit shelves mid-December.

A sea of yellow and red fans witnessed an explosive first-leg AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 final that saw Malaysia storm to a sensational 3-0 win over arch-rivals Indonesia.

A winter storm in the US Northeast stranded thousands of airline, train and bus passengers.

Circuit advisor Hans Geist insists that the FIA are not looking to include Vietnam on the F1 calender despite the Austrian visiting the country.

Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo warned West African leaders any attempt to oust him could ruin the regional economy and trigger civil war.

Americans in the deep south were treated to a very rare white Christmas, and several hundred flights were cancelled amid foul weather.

More than 80 were killed in a suicide bombing on a World Food Programme project and a series of helicopter raids against militant camps in northwestern Pakistan.

China plans to invest 30 billion dollars on water conservation projects in 2011 to reduce the impact of natural disasters on grain production, state media said Saturday.