(VOVWORLD) - In 2019 a 5th grader in Hanoi made national headlines when she sent an email to schools in the capital calling for an end to the practise of releasing balloons to mark a new academic year. Over the past 4 years her environmental protection efforts have continued with other meaningful activities. She even won an award from the Saudi Arabian embassy.

(VOVWORLD) - To achieve a green, sustainable, and resilient Vietnam requires the involvement of all stakeholders including the government, the private sector, communities, households, and individuals, particularly the young generation. While massive changes and significant actions may come to mind, simple daily habits can also have a profound impact on saving the environment. This is also the message that "The Green Journey for A Green Future" competition delivers to the community.

(VOVWORLD) - Pham Minh Huong, a 35-year-old border guard officer, has participated in multiple rescue operations in Vietnam and abroad, the most recent one being after the earthquake in Turkey. Each operation provided him with a unique experience, but one thing was constant - his unwavering commitment to rescuing victims, or returning their remains to their families.

(VOVWORLD) - After three months, the “Green Hanoi" environmental project, which started with only three members conducting weekly clean-up drives in Hanoi’s severely polluted rivers, has attracted over 200 volunteers. The project’s founder, 28-year-old Nguyen Tien Huy, whose idea was initially criticized as a “drop in the ocean,” has persevered through difficult times and ridicule, and continues to wade into stinky rivers with his volunteers to pick up trash, an activity that shook many spectators to their core.

(VOVWORLD) - Granted the title “Meritorious Artist” when he was only 30, Dam Han Giang, Vietnam’s youngest meritorious artist, has never stopped trying to bring ballet closer to the Vietnamese audience. With an indestructible ambition for ballet, Giang courageously left behind an opportunity to advance his career abroad and returned to Vietnam to develop Vietnam’s ballet community when there was hardly anyone willing to do so.

(VOVWORLD) - 42-year-old French man Jean-Sébastien Grill has spent more than seven years learning and practicing Vietnamese calligraphy. And his hard work has paid off. Jean was invited to do calligraphy at the Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s first university, during the 2023 Lunar New Year Festival.

(VOVWORLD) - Have you ever thought about leaving your comfortable life behind and exploring a totally different land? Can you imagine how much you can fall in love with a country after spending months on bicycle just to explore it at a slow pace? Check out a story about James Demin from Michigan, his bike tour around Vietnam, and how he has developed love for this land.

(VOVWORLD) - 82-year-old Do Quang Hung, who has dedicated more than 60 years of his lifetime to following and preserving the traditional craft of silk-making in Hanoi’s Van Phuc village, has stuck with the manual technique passed down from previous generations long after most local production households switched to machinery. His aim is to produce high-quality silk products and at the same time preserve a part of Vietnamese culture.

(VOVWORLD) - Then is an essential ritual practice of the Tay, Nung, and Thai ethnic minority groups in northern Vietnam. 62-year-old artisan Hoang Lien Son of Na Hang district, Tuyên Quang province, organizes free Then singing classes to help preserve the culture of the Tay people and pass it on to future generations.

(VOVWORLD) - After graduating from a prestigious university, 26-year-old Nguyen Dang Hieu quit his job in Hanoi and returned to his hometown in Dong Ho village in Hanoi's neighboring province of Bac Ninh to make Dong Ho folk paintings. He wanted to carry on the trade that has been a tradition in his family for three generations.