(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.

(VOVworld) - An increasing number of ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands are becoming better off since they started applying scientific production techniques. Dieu Loc of Dac Rtich commune, Tuy Duc district is a good example. This billionaire of the Mo Nong ethnic group has helped his fellow villagers also make more money.

(VOVworld) - Almost everyone in Hai Trieu commune, Hung Yen province, knows farmer Do Van Duc. They appreciate him for being active in business and a role model in teaching his children. VOV’s Personality of the Week segment profiles this industrious man.

(VOVworld) - Emeritus teacher Nguyen Anh Tai was retired after 40 years of work. He is now still enthusiastic with the educational cause. He opens the Le Van Tam primary and secondary school in Na Hang, Tuyen Quang province.

(VOVworld) - Hundreds of tons of medical waste are discharged into the environment each year. If not properly treated, it is a serious threat to public health. Mechanic Trinh Dinh Nang of Nong Thuong commune, Bac Kan town has invented a medical waste treatment system with the trademark HTL. His invention is acknowledged by the Department of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Science and Technology to be an effective and economical way to deal with environmental pollution.