(VOVworld) – In recent years, producing dried beef and pork has created new income for many households in Son La province. When Tet comes, the dried meat market is busier than ever. Son La branded products are now in demand nationwide.
(VOVworld) – Students at An Lac Thon High School in Ke Sach district, Soc Trang province, have come up with a number of environmental protection initiatives though they haven’t yet finished school. Their initiatives have received awards in national and international competitions.
(VOVworld) – Risk management caused by natural disasters and response to climate change are the biggest challenges for many countries in the 21st century. Vietnam is not exceptional. To minimize negative impacts of climate change, it’s necessary to gather all resources to promptly respond and overcome consequences when calamity takes place. VOV’s Minh Long reports on how Ninh Thuan, one of provinces to suffer severe losses by drought and saline intrusion, has combined international resources to deal with climate change.
(VOVworld) – The ongoing exhibit “An Epic of the Winter of 1946” at the Vietnam Military History Museum provides a vivid and accurate view of the Vietnamese army and people’s historic national resistance in 1946. The event is attracting crowds of people, including many veteran revolutionary soldiers.
(VOVworld) – Many farmers in Ho Chi Minh City have invented machines that increase productivity and improve product quality. These farmer engineers are important to Vietnam’s development of industrialized agriculture.
(VOVworld) – Bac Ninh province has spent more than 7.9 million USD on a school milk program to improve the health of preschool children. For 3 years the program has been reducing the number of malnourished, underweight, and stunted children.
(VOVworld) – Vietnam has about 7 million persons with disabilities, 4 million of whom are of working age. In recent years the Vietnamese government has adopted policies to help disabled people get an education and find a job they can do.
(VOVworld) - Quang Hiep village in Cu M’gar district, Dak Lak province, is implementing started a program to fund housing for the poor. If successful, the program has become a model to be replicated.
(VOVworld) – Mining areas in Quang Ninh province have made bread just for coal miners. It is called miners’ bread.
(VOVworld) - From 2011 to 2015, the number of poor households in Vietnam declined 2% a year. This contributed to Vietnam’s goal of achieving sustainable economic growth while ensuring social security and improving people’s lives in remote, disadvantaged areas.
