(VOVWORLD) - Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien grabbed her fourth Best Athlete of the Year award after winning a vote organised in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - President Tran Dai Quang, Head of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform, has praised the procuracy sector’s performance in 2017.

(VOVWORLD) - Russia dealt the decisive blow against terrorist forces that schemed to turn Syria into a base to attack other countries, including Russia, said President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

(VOVWORLD) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday expressed hope for good relations with the European Union and Germany, after a year of tense relations between Berlin and Ankara.

(VOVWORLD) -At least six people died and 15 were injured in a fire in a New York City apartment block on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in a crowded market in northern Nigeria, security sources said. They blamed the attack on the Boko Haram jihadist group. Six people died on the spot from the explosion and 13 others were seriously injured.

(VOVWORLD) - Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung said State revenue this year is expected to beat the estimate by 5 percent.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang has received 143,000 New Year holiday makers, up 18% from last year.

(VOVWORLD) - A project to restore the Kien Trung Pavilion in the Complex of Hue Monuments will begin early next year.

(VOVWORLD) -President Tran Dai Quang has written an article to mark the 50th anniversary of the Mau Than General Offensive and Uprising in spring 1968. The article is entitled “Promoting the fighting spirit for success of the 1968 Spring Mau Than General Offensive and Uprising in national renovation, construction and defense.”