(VOVworld) – The Dong Xuan night market in Hanoi has become a regular weekend venue of tourists who come for the performances of Xam, also known as streetcar singing. The show is performed by an art troupe headed by Thao Giang, who has devoted his life to restoring this street art through teaching and performing.
(VOVworld) – Hero of the renewal process Tran Kim Minh was one of 15 outstanding individuals honored at the 10th Glory Vietnam program. This experienced driller with affiliate 707 of the Da River Construction Corporation has long been involved with hydropower plants.
(VOV) – ‘I’m very moved to praise painter Dang Ai Viet for her artistic portraits of Vietnam’s Heroic Mothers’, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung remarked at an exhibition called ‘Graceful drawing lines’ a year ago on the occasion of the 65 anniversary of the Vietnamese Martyrs and War Invalids Day. Viet was recognized in May to have set a record for drawing the most portraits of Vietnamese heroic mothers. The 60-year-old painter said the 1,000 paintings is her way of paying tribute to these women for their great sacrifice and indomitable spirit.
VOVworld) – According to architect Bui Kien Quoc, tourism development should take into account natural conditions, the community and the local cultural identity. His garden house project in Dien Phuong commune in the central province of Quang Nam is clear evidence of his opinion.
(VOVworld) – Nguyen Van Hoan is Chairman of Bac Son commune’s People’s Committee in the northern province of Quang Ninh. Although the local road is rough, whenever he can, Hoan goes to visit and talk to local families to learn about their circumstances and needs.
(VOVworld) - In recent years, the names Mai Anh and Thien Nhan have become familiar to many Vietnamese people. Mai Anh, a courageous and caring woman, has crated a brighter future for Thien Nhan, her adoptive son with disabilities. Bui Hang reports.
(VOVworld) - Journalist Tran Van Ky is deputy head of the Khmer ethnic language program of the Voice of Vietnam’s Mekong River delta Bureau. Ky was one of the founders of the Khmer program 23 years ago and ever since he has been pursuing his work as a translator and announcer with great passion and love.
(VOVworld) – A friendly and sociable Nguyen Phuong Anh, 11th grader at Viet Duc school in Hanoi, was born with ‘glass-bone disease’, a genetic disorder causing fragile bones. In spite of this disability, Anh’s face is radiant with smiles always shows optimism. UNICEF recently published an article praising Phuong Anh as a universal outstanding child with disability.
(VOVworld) – Aiming to provide a “safety net” to people with disabilities, Dang Huu Tien, Director of the Viet Tam Fine Art Training Center for Disadvantaged Children, has trained hundreds of disabled and disadvantaged children on paper folding. They have been able to earn a living to support themselves.
(VOVworld) – President Ho Chi Minh was a bright example of a simple and thrift lifestyle. Ho Thi Phi, Head of the Binh Nhon Women’s Union in Thuan Nam district, Binh Thuan province, has creatively turned President Ho Chi Minh’s teachings into specific actions and amplified the local movement of following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example.
