(VOVWORLD) - 79 journalistic works were given the Dien Hong Award, a press award of the National Assembly and People's Council, at a ceremony in Hanoi on Friday. The series "Increasing decentralization, giving trust" by journalists of VOV’s Current Affairs Channel, VOV1, won the A prize in the radio category. The work has echoed the voice of the people and localities to the National Assembly, thereby improving the effectiveness of three national target programs and helping them reach their goals.

(VOVWORLD) - These days, the northern mountain provinces of Vietnam are experiencing a cold winter. But students in Son La province are being warmed by the community’s care and love. Parents have contributed firewood for heating and benefactors have donated blankets and warm clothes to safeguard children's health from the harsh weather.

(VOVWORLD) - Over the past few years years, Christmas has become popular in Vietnam. Unfortunately, sick children hospitalized during the festive season miss out on celebrating Christmas at home. The Vietnam National Children’s Hospital initiated the “Christmas of Love 2023” program to bring joy to these kids.

(VOVWORLD) - The tour “District 1 – Night Colors” has been launched in Ho Chi Minh city. Familiar, yet strange, is the feeling many local residents and tourists had when they joined the first night tour in Vietnam’s largest metropolis.

(VOVWORLD) - Que Phong, a mountainous border district of Nghe An province, is a hot spot for drug addiction and HIV/AIDS infection. To join the local authorities’ effort to prevent the spreading of HIV infection in the community, Sao Va peer group has provided considerable help to reduce the rate of HIV infection in the community.

(VOVWORLD) - ‘Children of the Mist’ by director Ha Le Diem won the Golden Lotus Award, documentary category, at the just-concluded 2023 Vietnam Film Festival. It is the first Vietnamese documentary to be shortlisted for the 2023 Oscars. Born in Bac Kan province, Ha Le Diem is a young independent documentary filmmaker who has gained early success.

(VOVWORLD) - Van Cao (1923-1995) was a versatile artist celebrated as a legend in Vietnamese literature and art of the 20th century, excelling in music, poetry, and painting. Across every domain he ventured into, he etched a profound and enduring impact in the hearts of the public through timeless artistic creations.

(VOVWORLD) - The first Vietnam Craft Villages Festival has opened at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi with many cultural activities, offering an opportunity for craft villages nationwide to bring their products closer to domestic and international consumers. The event is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Hanoi People’s Committee.

(VOVWORLD) - It’s autumn in Hanoi, the most beautiful season of the year. All the streets in the capital city turn yellow, the color of autumn sunshine and fallen leaves. Hanoi surprises everyone by nature’s mildness at the changing of the seasons. Autumn is a Hanoi "specialty" that everyone, who once experiences it, falls in love with it and remembers it. It’s why Hanoi has been listed by CNN Travel as one of the 12 best places in the world to visit in autumn.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival 2023 is in full swing right on Hoan Kiem Pedestrian Street, and the showstopper is a dazzling ao dai fashion extravaganza, starring thousands of women. In addition to the festival, Hanoi’s authorities have organized a whole lineup of events to spread the love for the cherished traditional Vietnamese attire.