CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Pakistan risked a public health disaster with 3.2 million people hit by floods as anger grew among survivors complaining they have been abandoned by the government.

South Asia is lagging behind the Asia-Pacific region in poverty and hunger reduction, a UN official said

The spotlight in Charles Taylor's war crimes trial shifts to supermodel Naomi Campbell when she testifies about an uncut diamond he allegedly sent to her room.

The United States will end its combat mission in Iraq  as scheduled on August 31 despite a recent flare-up in violence, President Barack Obama said.

Survivors crammed into inadequate shelters expressed anger over inaction from the Pakistani government as the death toll from the floods topped 1,100.

A landmark international treaty to ban cluster munitions took effect on Sunday, requiring signatories to stop the use, production and transfer of the deadly weapons.