(VOVWORLD) - The Communist Party and the people of Vietnam paid final respects to their outstanding leader, former Party leader Le Kha Phieu last week. During his tenure as the Party’s General Secretary from 1997 to 2001, Mr. Phieu exhibited leadership that was realistic, innovative, and showed a determination to build the Party, fight degradation, and promote Vietnam’s integration and development.

(VOVWORLD) - Pham Hong Thom, Director of the Tan Phuoc Dong Mechanics and Automation, company in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is known for inventing machines which have become widely used in production. His inventions are popular in the market and highly praised by experts.

(VOVWORLD) - Despite severe war wounds, veteran Hoang Viet Toan in Tho Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province, has been doing his best to overcome his physical problems and contribute to his homeland.

(VOVWORLD) - For 10 years war veteran Nguyen Anh Duong has been making frequent trips to former battlefields to search for the remains of his fallen brothers in arms. He hopes to return their bodies to their homeland.

(VOVWORLD) - Senior lieutenant Kim Minh Duc, a youth assistant to the border soldiers in Tra Vinh province, is a role model in studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example. Duc has been helping poor people in the border area.

(VOVWORLD) - The world’s first limb transplant from a living donor was successfully conducted in April by surgeon Nguyen The Hoang and his colleagues at the Upper Limb Surgery and Microsurgery Department of Hanoi’s Central Military Hospital 108. Hoang was the first Vietnamese and the fourth Asian person to receive a German award in the field of science.

(VOVWORLD) - Party members in mountainous areas play an important role in communicating with the people and serving as a bridge connecting people and reflecting their aspirations to the Party. Thao A Tua is a prestigious Party member in Thuan Chau district, Son La province, who has worked to improve local people’s lives.

(VOVWORLD) - Mr. Tran Quang Huy is considered a role model for participating in community activities in Hoang Dieu commune, Hanoi. He has contributed to new rural development and patriotic emulation movements in his locality.

(VOVWORLD) - Having spent several years working in media, Dang Soan, a journalist at VTC10 NetViet, suddenly quit her job in order to start up a business that follows the dream of "bringing the world to Vietnam".

(VOVWORLD) - Young journalist Tran Thi Thao with the Economic and Urban Newspaper has been very active during the fight against COVID-19. Thao did not flinch from putting herself at risk to report on the pandemic. She has been awarded a certificate of merit by the Hanoi People’s Committee.