(VOVWORLD) - Ban Sinh Luong, a Dao ethnic person, is a prestigious person in Thong Nhat ward, Hoa Binh City. He was chosen to be the head of the residential area and Chairman of Thong Nhat ward’s Elderly Association.

(VOVWORLD) - 34-year-old Captain Le The Van works at the Department of Cyber Security and Hi-Tech Crime Prevention under the Ministry of Public Security. Van won a Vietnamese Outstanding Young Face Award for his outstanding achievements in 2023.

(VOVWORLD) - Architect Dinh Viet Phuong, the author of the ‘Dragon Land” comic books, won a bronze award at the 2012 Japan International Manga Awards hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2004, Phuong, along with the 3D Art Corporation, embarked on a journey of digitizing cultural heritages.

(VOVWORLD) - Artist Van Chuong, head of the Music Department of the Voice of Vietnam, is one of 125 artists who have been recently awarded the title of People’s Artist. Chuong is honored for his outstanding contribution to Vietnam’s arts and culture, especially the Cheo (traditional opera) art form.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has announced its list of 20 nominees for the final round of Vietnamese Outstanding Young Face Award 2023. The list includes 5 students active in academics and social activities. Dang Cat Tien, a 9th grader from Thai Nguyen secondary school in the central province of Khanh Hoa, is the youngest to be nominated.

(VOVWORLD) - Mong ethnic women learn to embroider and sew at a young age. Even today Mong women embroider and sew for their families’ needs. Many even open tailor shops and earn their living –and at the same time preserve their traditional cultural values – by making clothes. Thao Thi De of Phong Lai commune, Thuan Chau district, Son La province, is among the Mong women that keep the craft of making traditional costumes alive.

(VOVWORLD) - For the past 15 years, Major Ninh Cong Khanh, military medical officer of the Technical Logistics Department of the Da Nang City Boarder Guard, has provided free medical examinations to thousands of poor people. Khanh has received a certificate of merit from the Prime Minister for his outstanding contribution to the community in 2019.

(VOVWORLD) - Major Le Thi Minh Thuy of the Vietnamese Navy and her colleagues have drawn hundreds of digital nautical charts and seabed topographic maps, and built geographic databases. This work, which helps to protect the sovereignty of Vietnam’s sea and islands, requires meticulous accuracy.

(VOVWORLD) - Nguyen Hoang Anh, a youngster from Hanoi, has worked hard to develop an art technique called “Hoa kim sa” (drawing using metal materials). She founded her Hoa Gam team to honor the beauty of Vietnamese culture and traditional art through this technique.

(VOVWORLD) - Bach Tuyet, 78, an artist of the Vietnamese folk music genre - cai luong or reformed opera, has been honored on Forbes’ ‘50 Over 50: Asia 2024’ list of influential Asia-Pacific women. Bach Tuyet was introduced by Forbes as a ‘household staple’ in Vietnam, famous for iconic cai luong performances. Her name was associated with many classic cai luong works during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Tuyet has been called ‘a precious gem of Cai luong’.