(VOVworld) – ‘Rau nhip’, a wild vegetable which is highly nutritious and easy to grow, grows well even in home gardens. During the war ‘rau nhip’ was part of the daily diet of soldiers stationed deep in the jungle. Today people in Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province, grow this vegetable in their gardens as a source of income.
(VOVworld) – Thousands of farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have earned relatively high incomes from aquaculture under the canopy of mangrove forests. This production method has helped farmers gain stable revenue and localities quickly restore their coastal mangrove forests.
(VOVworld) - Kom Pong Chray Pagoda, also known as Hang Pagoda, in Chau Thanh district, Tra Vinh province, is famous for its traditional Khmer Theravada Buddhist architecture. But it is becoming equally well-known for the wood carving workshop situated behind the pagoda. In operation for13 years, the workshop has taught dozens of Khmer young people a means of earning their living.
(VOVworld) – Four of the 72 perennial trees recognized as Vietnam Heritage Trees last year are in Truong Sa island district in Khanh Hoa province. They are two Mu u or Calophylum trees on Son Ca and Sinh Ton islands, one Bang vuong or square-fruit Malabar Almond on Nam Yet island, and one Phong ba birch tree. All of them have special value in terms of history, culture, biology, and environment.
(VOVworld) – For Vietnamese, family meals are a time for family reunions. They help not only form family traditions and guarantee family happiness, maintain order and discipline, but also create the national cultural identity.
(VOVworl) – Vietnam’s central province of Quang Tri shares 260 km of land border with Laos’ provinces Savannakhet and Salavan. Since a program to establish Vietnamese-Lao twin was signed in 2005, 24 twin communes have been set up, making the shared border a land of friendship. Peoples in such communes have helped each other in not only economic development, but also border security maintenance.
