CULTURE AND SPORT

The heads of BP and Russian oil firm Rosneft announced an "historic" deal to swap shares in a joint venture to exploit the vast untouched energy resources of the Arctic.

More than 10 dance sport duos will perform in the first-ever “Vietnam dance sport stars festival”, to be held at the Trinh Hoai Duc Gymnasium in Hanoi.

More than 100 Hindu devotees were killed after a road accident triggered a stampede among thousands of pilgrims returning from an Indian religious festival.

The 2011 Spring Press Festival will be held at the Youth Culture House in District 1, HCM City on January 20-21.

US computer chip giant Intel posted its best earnings ever in 2010 as businesses beefed up data centers to handle services increasingly shifting to the Internet "cloud."

European scientists have found a way to genetically modify chickens so that they don't transmit bird flu.

Hanoi plans spectacular firework displays in 29 locations on lunar New Year’s Eve on February 3 according to the People’s Committee of the capital.

More than 40 Chinese animal rights groups hit out at Canada for turning China into a "dumping ground" for its seal meat and oils.

About 100 domestic and foreign contestants are gathering for the annual 3rd round of Kiteboard Tour Asia (KTA) at Mui Ne in the southern province of Binh Thuan.

Mudslides and floods in Brazil have killed at least 270 people as heavy rains caused the floods over the last couple of days.

Lebanon's government collapsed on Wednesday after the powerful Shiite party Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the cabinet.

World agriculture is in trouble because it's the biggest consumer of ever scarcer water and a huge producer of greenhouse gas emissions, a new report said Wednesday.

The first International Choir Festival & Competition will be held in the ancient town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam from March 16-20.

The European Commission pressed governments to slice deficits and step up tough structural reforms when it kicked off a new era of tighter EU-wide economic governance.

A judge ordered Michael Jackson's personal doctor to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly killing the singer with an overdose of powerful sedatives.

The first Vietnam Beer Festival will be held at the Military Zone 7 Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City from January 21.

A Japanese technology firm on Tuesday unveiled a mirror-like thermometer that can identify a person who is feverish.

The Age Publishing House in coordination with the Vietnam Scientific Historical Association introduced two books to welcome the 11th National Party Congress.

Indonesia welcomed a promise by Canadian firm Research in Motion to filter its BlackBerry web services for pornography, after threatening to revoke the smartphone maker's licence.