Bank lending to private households in the euro area contracted again in December as the region's crippling debt crisis continues to put a freeze on demand for credit, data showed.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the UNDP are in coordination to carry out a project aimed at enhancing disaster risk management capacity in a large part of Vietnam.
Thanks to Psy's "Gangnam Style" smash hit, the South Korean music industry's long-held dream to make it big in Europe and the USA with its K-pop boy bands has taken a giant leap forward.
The northern province of Ninh Binh should make the most of its tourism and services potential to serve its socio-economic development and improve the lives of local people.
Venezuela's government is flat-out lying to its people about cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez's health, the country's leading opposition figure charged.
Vietnamese Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien attended the Global Health Conference from January 26-27 in Beijing to discuss the next 100 years of the health sector.
Novak Djokovic said he was motivated by going into the history books as the winner of three consecutive Australian Open titles after he mastered his rival Andy Murray in the final on Sunday.
The Forest Protection Department is warning below average rainfall and a prolonged dry season may threaten more forest fires in many provinces and cities nationwide.