(VOVWORLD) - Fishermen fish day and night in the waters of Truong Sa island district, Khanh Hoa province. They never feel alone because they know the soldiers, military staff, and residents of Truong Sa district are behind them, ready to give them any needed support.

(VOVWORLD) - Medical management software called MMS.Net for clinics in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak beat out 600 other entries from around the world to win the gold prize at the 2018 Seoul International Invention Fair in South Korea. The software has helped the health sector use human resources efficiently and provide high quality healthcare in remote areas.

(VOVWORLD) - Crossing the sea, teacher Nguyen Cong Qua and Nguyen Xuan Dieu have arrived at Sinh Ton primary school on Truong Sa (Spratly) island to bring literacy to local children in the hope they will continue national construction and defense there.

(VOVWORLD) - Yen Bai province launched a 2019 New Year tree planting festival and afforestation campaign in the early days of the lunar year. The move was in response to President Ho Chi Minh’s teaching on the significance of tree planting to each person, each family, and the entire nation.

(VOVWORLD) - Unlike the mainland, Truong Sa island district in Khanh Hoa province usually welcome the Lunar New Year a bit early when ships cross the sea to bring Tet gifts to the islanders.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese authorities have paid special attention to providing a happy Tet, Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year, to disadvantaged people and social beneficiaries.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has made poverty reduction a major policy priority. Greater focuses will be places on mountainous and ethnic minority inhabited areas.

(VOVWORLD) - The Traditional Lunar New Year, Tet 2019, will be here in three weeks. Trade unions have been working with businesses to prepare free transportation, Tet gifts, and year-end bonuses for workers.

(VOVWORLD) - Coral is considered the under-ocean home to aquatic species. Since 2012 experts of the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography have helped Cham islanders in Quang Nam province revive the polyped stony corals by farming techniques. The method has successfully revived thousands of square meters of corals, contributing to diversifying the UNESCO-recognized Cham Island Biosphere Reserve.

(VOVWORLD) - A humanitarian program to donate woolen caps and scarves and help pay the treatment fee for impoverished cancer patients was organized this month at Hanoi Oncology Hospital. The hospital treats more than 10,000 patients each year.