(VOVWORLD) - Approximately 70,000 foreigners visited Hanoi over the last three days. Major destinations included Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, the Temple of Literature, Thang Long Imperial Citadel, the Vietnam Military History Museum and the walking area around Hoan Kiem Lake.

(VOVWORLD) - Nine people have been killed as fresh unrest hit Iran overnight, state television said Tuesday, with protesters attempting to storm a police station despite attempts to crack down on the biggest demonstrations in years.

(VOVWORLD) -HCM city is targeting Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) growth of between 8.3% and 8.5% for 2018, according to Tuesday’s conference on the city’s socio-economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - The Israeli Air Force hit a Hamas camp on the Gaza Strip early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired at Israel hours earlier.

(VOVWORLD) - The world rang in 2018 with spectacular celebrations. The Pacific islands of Samoa, Tonga, and Kiribati were the first to welcome the New Year, followed by New Zealand. Thousands of locals and tourists gathered at Auckland's iconic Sky Tower as nearly 3,000 shots were fired off to the sky while in neighboring Australia, people came to Sydney Harbor to watch the huge fireworks display. The last places on Earth to see in the New Year were minor outlying US islands of Baker and Howland.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s apparel exporters have targeted 33.5 billion USD in revenue in 2018.

(VOVWORLD) - Palestinian National Authority recalled Sunday its ambassador to the US for consultation over the crisis with Washington after President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that Iranian people had the right to criticize but not resort to violence and destroying public properties.

(VOVWORLD) -Lebreton Didier of France has become the first foreign visitor to Hanoi in the New Year 2018.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam welcomed 2018 with fireworks shows in major cities. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City's walking streets were both packed as people came out on New Year's Eve.