(VOVworld) – Musician Thuan Yen has long been familiar to Vietnamese music lovers. His songs are very distinctive in contemporary music. He is considered a jewel in the crown of Vietnamese revolutionary music.

(VOVworld) – 80-year-old Tran Duyen Hai lives in a small alley in Hanoi. For more than 30 years, with his own money and efforts Hai has given many unfortunate children a more meaningful life.

(VOVworld) – Nguyen Hong Chuong of Lam Dong province is an amateur engineering inventor. In the last 10 years, he has come up with 7 inventions including 2 machines to improve agricultural productivity and a frame specially designed for growing clean vegetables in urban areas. In 2013, Chuong received the Prime Minister’s certificate of merit for his contributions to Vietnam’s new rural development program.

(VOVworld) – Colonel Hoang Dang Vinh was one of 5 soldiers who captured General De Castries on May 7th, 1954. This historic date witnessed the collapse of the French garrison in Dien Bien Phu and put an end to French colonization of Vietnam and Indochina. Vinh’s 4 comrades have passed away.

(VOVworld) – The new rural development program in Gia Lai province has involved people from all walks of life including war veterans over the last 3 years. Nguyen Van Gac, a war veteran in Grang 2 village, Chu Prong district, has been one of the most enthusiastic individuals in the movement.

(VOVworld) – Lo Thi Doi is one of the former young volunteers in Dien Bien province who took part in the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954. She was active in encouraging the people to provide soldiers with food during the campaign.

(VOVworld) – Young soldier Pham Duc Cu and his comrades in their 20s took part in the Dien Bien Phu campaign in 1954. Their artillery unit 367 played an important role in the resounding Dien Bien Phu victory. 60 years have passed but memories of those difficult yet glorious days remain vivid in Cu’s mind.

(VOVworld) – Youth Union Secretary Duong Van Thu is head of a youth club helping people in Tan Linh commune, Yen Bai province develop the local economy. Thu’s innovative initiatives have been helpful in improving people’s living conditions.

(VOVworld) – Hamlet chief Nguyen Thi Tham is quite familiar to everyone in Doai Khe hamlet, Dan Phuong district in Hanoi. Tham has spared no effort to engage the people in building a new lifestyle in the area. She was among Hanoi’s most outstanding women in 2013.

(VOVworld) – Ga Ry is a disadvantaged border commune in Tay Giang district in the central province of Quang Nam. The local authorities have decided to reduce spending on meetings and set aside some money to buy computers as a way to ease document delivery. This was the idea of Trinh Minh Chuc, Under Secretary of the commune’s Party Committee.