CULTURE AND SPORT

The United Nations said Monday that massive floods in Pakistan had affected 13.8 million people and eclipsed the scale of the devastating 2004 tsunami.

North Korea fired an artillery barrage Monday into waters near the disputed inter-Korean sea border.

The Chinese government has ordered over 2,000 firms in high-polluting and energy-intensive industries to shut down outdated plants.

Thang Long ca tru club revived the endangered Hat tho cua dinh, a genre of Vietnamese folk music, recently in Hanoi.

American Hunter Mahan jumped out of the pack Sunday to win the 8.5 million-dollar World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational.

The northern mountain province of Lao Cai is preparing for the Mountaineering Championships to conquer Fansipan Mountain.

South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak Sunday named a former provincial governor as new prime minister, and replaced seven other ministers.

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.