(VOVWORLD) - Walking through the Mong villages in the northwestern mountainous region, you may see women and girls sewing and embroidering brocade items and traditional costumes. Some local women, including Mua Thi Tong in Son La province, even run tailor shops to earn an income and help preserve their culture.

(VOVWORLD) - For more than 30 years, Y Thai Eban of the Ede ethnic group in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, has devoted himself to carving wooden statues. In his skillful hands, wood blocks are turned into works of art. Y Thai Eban is one of a small number of artisans in Dak Lak who are keen on preserving and promoting this traditional craft of the Central Highlands.

(VOVWORLD) - The Tiger is one of Vietnam’s 12 zodiac animals. Tigers are widely considered a symbol of vitality, courage, majesty, and power. Taking care of and raising real tigers at a zoo is dangerous work, but those who do it really enjoy it and treat the tigers like pets. For years Mr. Tran Ngoc Luan raised tigers at Thao Cam Vien Park in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOVWORLD) - When the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho began social distancing due to COVID-19, Tran Vu Truong, director of Truong Dung Auto Company in Cai Rang district, closed his transportation business to do charity work. Truong’s activities have encouraged many philanthropists to join his efforts to help needy people.

(VOVWORLD) - After many years teaching at a village school in the Central Highlands, kindergarten teacher Ksor H’Nhiem has managed to persuade all the village children to go to school and has changed the mindset of their parents to be more supportive of teachers in caring for their children.

(VOVWORLD) - Nguyen Hong Truc Vi, a circus performer with the Phuong Nam Art Theater, has been honored as one of 14 outstanding young citizens of Ho Chi Minh city, representing the cultural and artistic field. Vi, who won first prize in the national circus talent contest, had to work very hard to achieve her victory.

(VOVWORLD) - Tran Dang Van Tai, a first year student of Thu Duc College of Technology, has been honored as one of 14 outstanding young citizens of Ho Chi Minh City in 2021. Tai is not only a good student but also an active participant in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Chao Thi Yen of the Dao Tuyen ethnic minority in Lao Cai province in northwest Vietnam, has become the first woman from her community to earn a master’s degree abroad, helped by a full scholarship from the European Union. Yen is an inspiration not just to other Dao young people but also to many other ethnic minority people.

(VOVWORLD) - Lieutenant Colonel Do Thi Hang Nga was Vietnam’s first female officer to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. At the end of her term, she was awarded the United Nations Medal for her “outstanding, truly exceptional, and rare performance.”

(VOVWORLD) - Luong Huu Hai has taught at Nguyen Truong To Middle School in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak for more than 20 years. He has provided many ethnic minority children with free lodging, clothes, books, and bicycles, and helped many disadvantaged children attend school.