(VOVWORLD) - People’s Artist Le Ngoc Canh is known as Vietnam’s first dance professor. Over the past 70 years, Canh has carried out research on the folk dances of different areas of Vietnam and created dances of highly artistic value. For his great contributions in this field Canh has received the Ho Chi Minh Award for Literature and Arts.

(VOVWORLD) - “If you want to do something extraordinary, you must have extraordinary aspiration”, says Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Representative of the Prime Minister of Vietnam on UNESCO Affairs. Chau has always nurtured ideas that promote Vietnamese culture to the world.

(VOVworld) –Doan Nho has received the Ho Chi Minh award for his contribution to Vietnamese music. Doan Nho wrote a lot of great songs like “Marching under the national flag”, “The woman on La River”, and “5 brothers on the same tank”.

(VOVworld) – In recent years, a model of mini water puppet stages has become popular with domestic and foreign audiences. The mini mobile stage was created in order to reach closer to the audience. Puppeteer Phan Thanh Liem is the one who initiated the mini water puppetry.

(VOVworld) – At the age of 76, People’s Artist Chu Thuy Quynh still has a passion for dancing, and still inspires young dancers. Quynh received the Ho Chi Minh Award of Literature and Art for her contribution to Vietnamese dance.

(VOVworld) –The Mekong River Delta has nurtured young, passionate musicians. Quang Thanh Giang who lives in Can Tho city has an outstanding reputation for songs about his homeland.

(VOVworld) – Taking care of autistic children is challenging work. But with great sympathy and love for children, teacher Huynh Thi Hoa Hong from Tran Quoc Toan primary school in Ho Chi Minh City has helped many autistic children improve their situation and integrate more into the community.

(VOVworld) – The jewelry craft in Dinh Cong village, Hanoi, has been famous through its long history. Village artisan Quach Van Hieu is doing all he can to preserve the traditional craft.

(VOVworld) - Nguyen Van Anh, Founder and Director of the Center for Research and Application of Sciences in Gender-Family-Women and Adolescents (CSAGA), has been selected by Forbes Magazine as one of Vietnam’s 50 most influential women.

(VOVworld) –Phung Thi Tho of Ba Vi district, Hanoi, has become well-off from farming on her poor piece of land. With great determination, Ms. Tho developed 12 hectares of bare land following the garden-pond-livestock model. She has been honored as one of 100 outstanding Vietnamese women.