(VOVworld) – With the biggest natural land area in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, Hon Dat district is home to Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese ethnic groups. During the national resistance war, Hon Dat was famous for its revolutionary tradition and as the native land of sister Su, the main character of a novel by writer Anh Duc. Women in the district and the local Women’s Association have worked together for poverty reduction and economic development.

(VOVworld) – The Legacies of War Coordination Center established in January in Quang Tri province has developed a coordinated response mechanism for removing unexploded ordinance that still remain 40 years after the war. The program is being jointly implemented by the Quang Tri government and Norwegian People’s Aid.

(VOVworld) – In Vietnam, the student-teacher bond is strong regardless of circumstances or conditions. The relationship between teachers and students at schools in the Truong Sa archipelago may be even more special than elsewhere. Apart from broadening students’ knowledge, teachers Nguyen Ngoc Ha and Le Anh Duc think of their pupils at Sinh Ton School as family members.

(VOVworld) - The Vocational College for Central Highlands Ethnic Minority Youths in Dak Lak province, one of 15 key vocational training schools in Vietnam, has trained tens of thousands of local students and young people of ethnic groups.

(VOVworld) – Dong Thap is famous for its lotus fields. The motto of the province is ‘Dong Thap, as pure as the soul of the lotus’. The noble beauty of lotus, the sacred flower of Buddhism, impresses the many tourists who visit the wild wetlands of the plain of reeds.

(VOVworld) – In 2013 the Health Ministry launched a project to develop satellite hospitals to reduce overcrowding at central hospitals. VOV’s Hieu Hien reports on the results the program has had in Vietnam’s southern provinces.

(VOVworld) – A new academic year will begin in two weeks when some 22 million students nationwide will attend ceremonies on the same day. Preparation of training schedules, teaching aids, and infrastructure has been completed.

(VOVworld) – More than 2,000 poor ethnic minority households in Tra Vinh province have benefited from a government support policy that allocates residential land, production land, houses, and water. The government support has enabled many disadvantaged ethnic people in the Mekong River Delta to escape poverty.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s rate of Internet usage is higher than the regional average and the Vietnamese government has been pushing state agencies over the past 5 years to use IT applications to streamline administrative procedures. :

(VOVworld) – The war ended 4 decades ago but the parents, wives, children, and brothers of more than 500,000 martyrs still anguish because their relatives’ remains haven’t returned home. VOV’s Manh Phuong visited a military unit in Dong Nai province that searches for the remains of fallen comrades.