CULTURE AND SPORT

More than 80 people are dead and over 2,000 are missing after landslides triggered by heavy rain swept away homes in northwestern China.

Images that capture the courage and fighting spirit of Agent Orange victims in Vietnam is now on display at the War Remnants Museum in HCM City.

The Vietnam football governing body (VFF) will crack down on an alarming increase in football-related violence, VFF's vice chairman Nguyen Lan Trung said.

The Taliban said Saturday they had killed "Christian missionaries" working in remote northern Afghanistan.

Beauty has an ugly side when it comes to job applications: it prevents attractive women from even being considered for some positions, according to a new study.

Oscar-winning British actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson was the toast of Tinseltown on Friday, receiving the 2,416th star on Hollywood's "Walk of Fame".

It is a big challenge for Vietnamese writers to fight the wave of reading translated stories that have captivated over 15 million Vietnamese students.

At least 60 people were killed and hundreds injured after rare rainfall triggered flash floods Friday in an area of Indian Kashmir.

Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan has approved the proposal of the Khanh Hoa Province People’s Committee to host Miss Earth 2010.

Russia Thursday banned grain exports for the next four-and-a-half months due to a record drought that has destroyed millions of hectares of its land.

Nguyen Tien Minh has won a place in the quarter-finals of the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Open yesterday.

The AFF Suzuki Cup 2010, featuring the region’s top eight teams, will be co-hosted by Indonesia and Vietnam from December 1 to 29.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell told a court how she received a pouch of rough diamonds came from Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor, in the dock for war crimes.

South Korea launched its largest-ever anti-submarine exercise near the disputed sea border with North Korea, despite Pyongyang's threats of retaliation.

Foreign contestants at the Vietnamese Traditional Martial Arts Festival 2010 impressed the audience with their performances.

Diego Maradona is in the frame to succeed himself, it emerged here on Wednesday in the latest twist in the saga involving the footballing icon.

The third International Circus Festival will take place in the capital city of from August 6-11

A disgruntled employee at a US beer and wine wholesaler gunned down eight co-workers, and then turned the gun on himself.

Ferrari have been summoned to appear before FIA to answer charges of using team orders to manufacture a German Grand Prix win for Fernando Alonso.