(VOVworld) – Soldiers stationed in the Truong Sa archipelago express their love for their families their beloved wives and children in emotional poems. Ensign Nguyen Duy Chinh often writes poems for his wife, Hoang Thi Mai, in Hai Phong city, who gives him continuous encouragement to fulfill his duty.

(VOVworld) – When the spring comes, Ba Na ethnic people in the Central Highlands set aside farm work to play brass Gongs to welcome a New Year. Gong performance is being preserved through the effort of people who have a great passion for their traditional culture. One is teacher Le Huu Phong, who has been involved in restoring and promoting the Gong culture of the Ba Na ethnic group in Mang Yang district, Gia Lai province.

(VOVworld) – People living on Kien Giang province’s Tho Chu island, which is 200 km from the mainland, depend on military doctors of the marine force stationed on the island when they get sick or have an accident.

(VOVworld) – Director of the National Pediatrics Hospital, Doctor Nguyen Thanh Liem, was awarded the title Labor Hero in the renewal process after a series of successes in Vietnam’s pediatric sector. His achievements, which have received international acclaim, have included a surgical separation of conjoined twins. During his 40 years in the profession, Professor Liem has received many honorary titles and awards.

(VOVworld) - Farmers in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat are busy tending flowers for the coming Lunar New Year Festival or Tet. When night falls, millions of electric lights are switched on to stimulate the flower to grow and bloom on time. A number of farmers live constantly in their flower greenhouses. VOV’s Personality of the week profiles Vu Nhuan, one of the farmers becoming better off from growing flowers. Nhuan has helped others in Ha Dong village apply technology to flower cultivation.

(VOVworld) - Composer Hoang Hiep passed away early this month at the age of 82 but his revolutionary songs associated with the national revolutionary milestones will last forever. Hiep’s music is gentle and sentimental like his character and imbued with his experience and meditation of life.

(VOVworld) - The noble beauty of the lotus has been a traditional theme in photography. Tran Bich has featured the lotus in his various artistic views. The beautiful lotus which grows in mud and produces a delicate perfume makes him think of human values. This week, VOV profiles photographer Tran Bich and his lotus photos.

(VOVworld) – Tran Dinh Thien, a forest ranger of the Thua Thien-Hue Forest Management Department, is one of 47 outstanding individuals to receive a certificate of merit from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for excellent achievements in forest protection, afforestation, and fire prevention. Thien is VOV’s Personality of the Week.

(VOVworld) – People in Gia Lai province calls Ro Cham H’Yeo a Cho-rao bird, the most intelligent bird in the Central Highlands. A Cho-rao bird can understand people’s language and thoughts. Ro Cham H’Yeo is a war veteran who enthusiastically visits remote hamlets to give villagers helpful advice on social issues

(VOVworld) - Senior Lieutenant-colonel Le Duc Doan has been on duty managing traffic on the southern-end of Hanoi’s Chuong Duong Bridge for 20 years. Local people praise him for being responsible and enthusiastic in controlling traffic, cooperating with crime prevention police to catch robbers, and saving people who wanted to kill themselves by jumping from the bridge. Doan has been honored with the titles of outstanding citizen and traffic knight.