Vietnam's HCM City takes lead in application of multi-dimensional poverty measures: UNDP
An international conference on literary culture will be organized for New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin to celebrate its designation as a UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) City of Literature, Mayor Dave Cull announced Tuesday.
The satisfaction of citizens in imagining how to improve their lives while understanding and protecting the universe is a theme increasingly treasured by Italy-China scientific cooperation.
The City of London Monday announced that it has elected Alderman Alan Yarrow as its 687th Lord Mayor, the global ambassador for Britain-based financial and business services.
Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and one more remained missing after an explosion at a firework plant in central China's Hunan Province on Monday, local authorities said on Tuesday.
Six people were confirmed dead and 33 others injured after an explosion at a firework plant in central China's Hunan Province on Monday, local authorities said.
More than 20 people have been missing in a coal mine gas outburst Tuesday in east China's Anhui Province, local authorities said.
Sansha City, China's youngest city in Hainan Province, started to build its first school on Saturday.
The Philippine government has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to exert maximum efforts in tracking down and bringing to justice the attackers of the Chinese nationals who were reportedly involved in a shooting incident Friday night, a senior government official said Sunday.
A group of knife-wielding assailants attacked civilians on Friday morning on a street in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province, according to local authorities.
Walking on his tiptoes, Ping'an strolls through Beijing's Forbidden City, his suspecting eyes glowing in the dark of the palace that once housed emperors and their concubines.
Six government officials in central China's Hunan Province have been removed from their posts over sex scandals.
Construction work began on an innovative Vietnam-Japan technology park in Vietnam's southern economic hub Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City on Monday, which will cost a total investment of 31 million U.S. dollars.
The Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City, in central Beijing will be closed to the public every Monday for renovation and maintenance starting on Jan. 6, it announced Sunday.
Thousands of elderly people and children were hospitalized this week in Vietnam's southern Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City due to the recent cold spell that has seen temperatures drop below 18 degrees Celsius.
Vietnam's economic hub Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City welcomed over 4.1 million foreign visitors in 2013, a year-on-year increase of 8.1 percent, according to the City's culture, sports and tourism department on Thursday.
Four people have been confirmed dead and 35 others injured after a fire triggered by a natural gas explosion broke out Thursday evening in a shopping mall in Luzhou City, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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