(VOVworld) – Colonel Phan The Nghiep is former Director of Military Hospital 115. For years the retired doctor has been providing free medical check-ups and medicine to the poor in ward 15, District 5, Ho Chi Minh city. Hieu Hien reports:

(VOVworld) – Returning from battlefields, Vietnamese war veterans have continued to contribute to building their home provinces and the nation. Lam Van Bang of Nam Trieu commune, Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi, is director of one of Vietnam’s first private museums. He has stirred patriotism in the young. Bui Hang reports:

(VOVworld) – For more than 20 years, teacher Nguyen Tra of Dong Da district, Hanoi, has taught disadvantaged children free of charge even after his retirement. Tra was commended by President Truong Tan Sang on the occasion of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day on November 20. Phuong Thoa reports:

(VOVworld) – The Khmer Ethnic Culture Museum in Tra Vinh province honors the culture of more than 1.5 million Khmer people in southern Vietnam. More than 100 of the 600 objects on display are closely associated with their daily life such as farming and fishing tools, musical instruments, and costumes, collected or restored by artisan Lam Phen. Le Hoa reports:

(VOVworld) – 38-year-old Tran Thanh Thanh in Binh Thoi commune, Ben Tre province, has been generating electricity from wind power for daily use. His power generator has been patented and received a number of awards in Vietnam. Nhat Truong reports:

(VOVworld) – Phung Van Truong has both leg and arm disabilities and he is confined to a wheelchair. Despite his disability Truong has learned to write with his mouth and after years of painstaking efforts he has become a teacher in Nhan Ly hamlet on the outskirts of Hanoi. Hien Phuong reports:

(VOVworld) – Nguyen Thi Hien is Principal of the private Doan Thi Diem Elementary School in Hanoi. She was honored as one of Hanoi’s 10 most outstanding individuals of 2014 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the city’s liberation. VOV’s Nguyen Hien reports:

(VOVworld) – Nguyen Duy Quy is Vice Principal of the Nguyen Dinh Chieu school for visually-impaired students in Da Nang city. In addition to a number of tools to assist his students in mathematics he has recently invented a smart guide cane for the blind. Minh Hoa reports:

(VOVworld) – Vu Tuan San, a veteran researcher of Hanoi and Han-Nom studies, has won the Grand Prize in the 2014 Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Hanoi Awards. At the age of 100 San, who was born and raised in Hanoi, is still absorbed in his research every day.

(VOVworld) - Doctor Ha Thi Thuy is Deputy Director of the Agricultural Genetics Institute. In nearly 30 years of doing this work, Thuy has directed many research projects on plant varieties to increase economic efficiency. She has been honored as one of Vietnam’s 10 most outstanding women of 2014. Le Phuong reports: