(VOVWORLD) - Dao Dang Cong Trung has been collecting trash in the Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang city for more than 8 years. Day by day, the director of a local travel firm helps protect “the green lung” of the central city.

(VOVWORLD) - Architect Pham Dinh Quy was honored as one of Vietnam’s 10 most inspiring figures in the community in 2018. Quy has turned makeshift, dilapidated classrooms into more than 100 new schools in Vietnam’s mountainous regions.

(VOVWORLD) - A less expensive thyroid surgery technique that leads to less scarring has been recognized as Vietnam’s most commonly used thyroid endoscopic technique. A certificate of record was presented to the method’s inventor, the head of the National Endocrinology Hospital in Hanoi, Dr. Tran Ngoc Luong, by the Vietnam Records Organization to Dr. Luong, early this month.

(VOVWORLD) - 57-year-old farmer Huynh Van Det of An Dinh commune, Ben Tre province is known for successful agricultural cultivation and his willingness to help the poor. Det has been recognized as a role model in following President Ho Chi Minh’s moral example.

(VOVWORLD) - The Long Xuyen Quadrilateral Region used to be fallow land because of its high-alum soil. Late Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet who was affectionately called “Uncle Sau Dan” by the locals ordered a new canal system dug and flood control dams and sluice gates built to prevent salt-water intrusion. Mr. Kiet’s initiative has helped millions of people in the Mekong Delta improve their livelihood.

(VOVWORLD) - Culture researcher Hoang Hoa was the first person in Bac Kan province to be honored as a People’s Artist for preserving and promoting traditional culture. Hoa has conducted dozens of research projects and written hundreds of articles on the culture and belief of Tay and Nung ethnic people.

(VOVWORLD) - War veteran Nguyen Thi Thuy Ngan in Hanoi is known for her active social work. As Chairwoman of Thanh Xuan district’s Disabled People’s Association, Ms. Ngan has organized numerous programs to help people with disabilities integrate into society.

(VOVWORLD) - Nguyen Ngoc Trong is known as the best artisan of metal inlaying craft. He is one of only 4 artisans practicing this craft of the capital city of Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoian Lai Phu Thach is the last of his family to pursue the art of royal decree making. At the age of 61, he still carries on his family’s 600-year-old craft.

(VOVWORLD) - Ba Duong Noi village in Hanoi’s Dan Phuong district is known for its beautifully crafted kites with wooden flutes attached. Emeritus artisan Nguyen Huu Kiem has helped preserve the village’s kite making craft and promote Vietnamese kites to the world.