CULTURE AND SPORT

The ninth annual Vietnam Cultural Day celebrations held in Taipei was rated a success as it attracted more than 10,000 people.

Indonesian human rights activist Markuzi Darusman has been named as chairman and director of the Human Rights Resource Centre of ASEAN.

Hyundai Motor is recalling nearly 140,000 of its 2011 model year Sonata sedans in the United States due to a steering problem, US authorities said.

Vietnam defeated China 1-0 in Sunday’s final of the 2010 ASEAN Open Football Tournament in Indonesia to become the champions.

State-owned and private art troupes have expressed interest in a theatre project launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's performing and art department.

Bui Thac Chuyen, the acclaimed Vietnamese director, has started a new film project in a completely new genre for him.

Asians are muscling their way into traditionally Western-dominated social media networks.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in northeast China for an official visit saying that Moscow's ties with Beijing were "sealed by blood" spilled fighting a common enemy.

The Australian parliament which meets this week will not only be unusual, it could also be short-lived, experts say.

President Nguyen Minh Triet has proposed ASEAN and the US to further promote their cooperative relations in various fields.

Nearly 200 photos taken and collected by foreign expatriates in Vietnam as well as photographers from many countries are on display in Hanoi.

Leaders of the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas held reconciliation talks in the Syrian capital and said they wanted the discussions to continue.

Apple on Saturday launched the latest version of its iPhone in China and opened another two stores in Beijing and Shanghai.

As many as 274 badminton players across the world will compete in the Vietnam Grand Prix 2010 in Ho Chi Minh City on October 5-10.

The Chinese trawlerman whose arrest sparked a major row arrived home on Saturday as Beijing called for compensation and an apology for the "unlawful" detention.

Crisis-hit New Delhi welcomed its first Commonwealth Games athletes on Friday.

Spanish and Vietnamese artists will be staging a theatrical extravaganza on October 2 to mark the millennium of Hanoi.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki defended his decision to add more diseases to the conditions officials can presume in Vietnam War veterans to be caused by Agent Orange exposure.

South Korea, the host of this year's second summit of Group of 20 leading nations, decided to invite Vietnam to Seoul in November.