(VOVWORLD) - Early eye check-ups can help detect eye problems at an early stage to protect eyesight and prevent vision loss. But for various reasons, people tend to visit a doctor only when they have a pressing issue. A picture book of medical-standard vision tests for children from age 3 and up that parents can use at home with the advice of a doctor to protect their children’s eyesight has been released recently.

(VOVWORLD) - Improving people's living standards has always been one of Hanoi’s goals. Over the years the capital city has promulgated multiple policies and solutions and prioritized resources to support poor households.

(VOVWORLD) - With about 1.2 million people, Soc Trang province is home to three ethnic groups - Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese. Freedom of belief for all local ethnic people has been ensured.

(VOVWORLD) - Thuan Chau district in Son La province has invested in socio-economic infrastructure, production development, and diversification of livelihoods to increase people's income and realize the goal of rapid, sustainable poverty reduction. This has ensured social security, achieved economic growth targets, and might help Thuan Chau escape the list of poor districts by 2025.

(VOVWORLD) - Respect for cultural diversity in support of sustainable development is one of the main things the recent Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians in Hanoi promoted. Emer Currie, an Irish parliamentarian, told VOV24/7, on the sidelines of the event, what she thought about how cultural diversity can support sustainable development in Ireland.

(VOVWORLD) - Tourism events have been taking place in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai throughout September. They include the Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival, the Yen Bai Ethnic Culture Festival, the Shan Tuyet Tea Festival, and the Mong Khen Performance Festival. These festivals aim to introduce the local culture, promote tourism, attract investment, and make Yen Bai a more appealing tourist destination.

(VOVWORLD) - The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) has named Binh Duong province among the world’s top 7 Intelligent Communities with a typical smart city development strategy for 2023. ICF gathers a list of nearly 200 prosperous smart cities worldwide. Binh Duong’s efforts are recognized for their economic transformation towards innovation and digitization.

(VOVWORLD) - Krong Bong, a remote district of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, has more than 50 schools with about 20,000 students. Most of the students belong to ethnic minorities that include the Ede, H'Mong, and Muong. Their teachers teach them, give them meals, and call on their parents to keep sending them to school.

(VOVWORLD) - Beside its long standing culture and history, the southern province of Binh Duong is famous for its traditional crafts such as ceramics, lacquerware, wood carving, and rattan weaving. Well-known brands include Lai Thieu pottery, Tan Phuoc Khanh pottery, Xua pottery, piggy bank making in Thuan A, the Dai Hung kiln, Tuong Binh Hiep lacquerware, Chanh Nghia wood carving, and the Ba Nhat bamboo and rattant weaving cooperative. In recent years, Binh Duong has focused on applying emerging technology and digital transformation, while preserving and promoting traditional crafts for tourism and economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - Japan’s Kansai TV has cooperated with VTC Digital Television of Voice of Vietnam to produce a reality TV documentary entitled "Vietnam-Japan: the age-old connection in culture" to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan. The 60-minute film, which tells the story of the friendship between the two countries, was shot at scenic and cultural spots in several provinces and cities of Vietnam and Japan.