(VOVWORLD) - A hydroponic vegetable growing model by a private firm in Binh Thuy district, Can Tho city, has been operating for only a year, but has already proven to be effective. The Minh Hoa Investment and Development joint stock company not only provides safe vegetables but also teaches people how to start up a business.

(VOVWORLD) - Doctor and senior lieutenant Nguyen Duc Nam, has worked for Military Hospital 15 in Gia Lai province for 4 years. He has a reputation as a competent doctor and a proponent of Youth Union activities, and mass mobilization.

(VOVWORLD) - Ha Giang is one of 13 provinces in Vietnam preserving and promoting the pan-pipes of the Mong ethnic people. Artisans like Ma Khai So are leading the effort to preserve pan-pipe music, the soul of the Mong people.

(VOVWORLD) - Assuming the highest Government post when Vietnam was still in its early years of the renewal process, former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai made an active and determined effort to build new institutions that could bring into play the strength of each economic sector, especially private enterprise, and stimulate Vietnam to open up to and integrate into the world.

(VOVWORLD) - For more than 15 years, doctor Dang The Vy in Ninh Thuan province has treated thousands of patients with tuberculosis and pulmonary diseases, many of them poor ethnic people. Vy says he finds happiness in seeing patients recover.

(VOVWORLD) - Tue Minh has been one of the greatest names of Vietnamese revolutionary cinema since the 1970s. She was a founder of the Vietnam Cinematography Association and a member of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association.

(VOVWORLD) - The Bashkortostan Republic is one of Russia’s most developed regions, industrially and agriculturally. It has great land potential and growing demand for agricultural products. Tran Ngoc Tuan, Chairman of the Vietnamese Association in the Bashkortostan Republic saw an opportunity and was the first Vietnamese to invest in agricultural production there.

(VOVWORLD) - Teacher Le Van Hoang in Ea H’leo district, Dak Lak province, has a great passion for archaeology. His collection of archaeological artifacts has inspired students in his history class and contributed greatly to Dak Lak museum.

(VOVWORLD) - A poacher who rehabilitated himself to become a forest ranger is a true story in Hanh Rac hamlet, Ninh Thuan province. Katơr Kinh was sent to prison for illegal logging. After completing his sentence, he returned to his hamlet and got involved in protecting the nearby forest.

(VOVWORLD) - Me Van Chinh of the Kho Mu ethnic group in Son La province takes the lead in his hamlet in pig farming. He has helped other locals develop production and improve their income.