CULTURE AND SPORT

Luu Thi Diem Huong from the host country of Vietnam won the first prize in the bikini contest at the Miss Earth 2010 pageant in Phu Yen Province.

The Yemen-based branch of Al-Qaeda has vowed further small but frequent attacks against the West such as last month's cargo plane parcel bombs.

Vietnam has won 11 silvers and 11 bronzes at the 16th Asian Games after seven days of competition, ranking 20th in the medal tally as by Nov. 19.

The Western allies have agreed a plan to bring their war in Afghanistan to an end within four years, and won over a cautious Russia to the cause of a European anti-missile shield.

Al-Qaeda and its allies are planning an attack on the German parliament, the news magazine Der Spiegel reports in its edition to be published on Monday.

India's premier defended himself against accusations of inaction in a 40-billion-dollar telecoms scandal as he promised anyone found guilty in the case would be punished.

Rescuers were given clearance to "immediately" enter a New Zealand coal mine where 29 men are missing a day after a gas explosion, a senior official was reported saying.

Vietnam will attend the 2010 Rainforest Challenge, the first time that the country will join an event of this kind.

The Long Bien Bridge Festival will open this weekend with more events and performers than ever.

The WHO warned that resistance to malaria drug artemisinin appeared to be spreading in the region from the Cambodia-Thailand border, where it was first detected.

A French-Vietnamese, a Pakistani-American, a Japanese and an Indian got togerther to play jazz.

A miniature sloth, the "Asian unicorn" were Friday added to the Zoological Society of London's list of genetically distinct and endangered mammals.

Members of the two clubs, 'Leading the Future' and 'IHanoi', will present a photography exhibition entitled ‘Millennial Essence’ in Hanoi.

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce said Rolls-Royce had indicated that "40 engines worldwide" needed to be replaced.

Seven European cultural institutions and embassies established the European Union of National Institutes for Culture in Vietnam.

Zhan Tiehui grumbles about rising prices for garlic, ginger and cabbage and points a stubby finger in the direction of the United States.

Three martial artists won silver medals in their final matches of the wushu sanshou competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. 

Fresh rioting broke out in Haiti with one new fatality in a clash with UN peacekeepers blamed by some for the cholera outbreak.

The Stuxnet worm that infiltrated Iran's nuclear facilities poses a threat to critical industries worldwide such as water, power and chemical plants, cybersecurity experts warned.