CULTURE AND SPORT

Asia's aspirational middle classes have been laid bare in a major new study focusing on their astonishing growth.

The last US combat brigade pulled out of Iraq at dawn on Thursday, a key milestone in the withdrawal of American forces.

Indonesia launched women-only train carriages on Thursday to counter sexual harassment on public transport.

Vietnam's best chess players are ready for the Chess Olympiad 2010 in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia, from September 19 to October 4.

"The Beauty of Humanity Movement" takes place in Hanoi and explores the country's recent past and present through the eyes of an elderly street vendor.

Dancers and musicians of the Vietnam National Opera & Ballet Theater and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will be onstage in a special ballet concert.

Most young Americans entering university this year can't write in cursive, think email is too slow, and that Beethoven's a dog.

Taekwondo athletes Nguyen Thanh Thao and Nguyen Quoc Cuong won a silver and a bronze medal for Vietnam at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Czech qualifier Iveta Benesova has stunned Serbian top seed Jelena Jankovic to reach the third round of the two million-dollar WTA Montreal Cup.

The 2010 Miss Global Vietnam has been cancelled despite the fact that its contestants have arrived from all over the world.

A Mexican drug gang is hiring pretty young women to carry out killings to surprise its enemies, a suspected member of the vicious La Linea gang said in a video.

Vung Tau won two gold medals, two silvers, and one bronze in the national golf championship that was held in the central province of Binh Thuan.

A British folk singer revealed how John Lennon sent him a letter of reassurance -- but it did not reach him for 34 years.

China insisted Tuesday it was still a developing nation despite overtaking Japan as the world's second largest economy.

The United Nations warned of a "second wave of death" in flood-stricken Pakistan.

A Boeing 737 crash-landed on a Colombian island, split in three, but somehow only one passenger died.

Apple's South Korean distributor said Monday it would start taking preorders for the iPhone 4 this week before its official launch next month.

An exhibition entitled “Dingbats Brazil” will be held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum o­n August 21-30.

Hanoi T&T drew with Navibank Sai Gon 0-0 yesterday, August 15, to secure the season title with 46 points, one round earlier than expected.