CULTURE AND SPORT

China and Russia have agreed to set up the first cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers, state media reported.

A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted for the first time in 400 years Sunday, sending thousands of people fleeing from their homes.

The first Vietnam Music Day will be held at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on September 3.

A total of 15 volleyball teams from countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region will take part in the Asian Youth Girls’ Volleyball Championship.

At least 211 people, mostly children, have died in an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in an impoverished region of northern Indian.

The United States will rely on youth as they attempt to claim back the world crown without many of their National Basketball Association stars.

Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations surged with the opening of a free-trade agreement, a Chinese official said.

Europe’s biggest carmaker, Volkswagen AG, is eyeing the Asean market.

Former US president Jimmy Carter flew out of North Korea after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang to resume nuclear disarmament talks.

Up to 250 martial artists from 32 teams will be taking part in the National Karate Championship at Quang Ngai Gymnasium on September 4-9.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was believed to be visiting key ally China on Thursday, possibly with his youngest son and presumed successor.

Pakistan ordered nearly half a million people to evacuate towns on Thursday as rising floods threaten further havoc in the country.

Can a monster traffic jam spanning dozens of miles and leaving drivers stuck for days really disappear overnight?

Nguyen Tien Minh of Viet Nam continued his bid for a first badminton world championship title with a second convincing victory yesterday in Paris.

The French version of “The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram” was published by French publisher Philippe Picquier on August 20.

Chilean officials broke the news to a desperate group of trapped miners that they could be stuck in their collapsed mine for months before being rescued.

A special concert to mark the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi was held in Berlin on August 22.

China has just been declared the world's second biggest economy, and now it has a monster traffic jam to match.

Vietnam mixed pair Duong Bao Duc and Thai Thi Hong Gam were ousted yesterday from the ongoing World Badminton Championship in Paris.