(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese blue beret soldiers, who have been engaged in the United Nations Peace-keeping Mission at Level-2 Field Hospital No. 2 in South Sudan, are proud of what they have been through in a country ravaged by civil war, poverty and harsh weather, to contribute to UN peace-keeping mission.

(VOVWORLD) - Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago off the central province of Khanh Hoa boasts a number of Buddhist temples. These pagodas serve as markers for Vietnam’s sovereignty over Truong Sa and are a must-visit destination for soldiers, people on the archipelago and offshore fishermen.

(VOVWORLD) - “Phố Nhà Thờ” (Church street), a novel by Serbian writer Marko Nikolic, was granted the Bui Xuan Phai award “For the love of Hanoi”. The novel’s first pages about Hanoi surprise readers with the author’s love and understanding of Hanoi as well as his Vietnamese ability. Marko Nikolic is the first foreign writer to publish a novel in Vietnamese.

(VOVWORLD) - Already known as a “City for Peace” recognized by UNESCO, Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi has set a goal of becoming a creative hub to further attract investment, boost sustainable development, and address arising problems due to its current urbanization process.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is a popular place for families to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival and teach young children to cherish Vietnam’s traditional culture.

(VOVWORLD) - Ethnic minority people of the Nam Tra My district in the central province of Quang Nam walk deep in the forests everyday to collect vegetables for their fellow countrymen who have been fighting the COVID-19 pandemic over the past months.

(VOVWORLD) - 75-year-old Nguyen Van Bam, who has been listening to Voice of Vietnam for 64 years, has recorded 4,000 songs broadcast on VOV on hundreds of cassettes. He is one of our faithful listeners who has great love for VOV.

(VOVWORLD) - September 5 is Vietnam’s back-to-school festival. To avoid coronavirus transmission, each locality has devised its own plan for the new academic year, combining learning at school and online. The opening ceremonies were held nationwide with adherence to anti-pandemic measures.

(VOVWORLD) - The antibodies from COVID-19-recovered patients could help fight infection in those still suffering from it. The only source of these antibodies is the blood plasma of coronavirus survivors. Giving blood plasma to a COVID-19 patient from a person who has healed from it might help the sick person get better faster. Now, in the midst of Vietnam’s new wave of community-based cases, the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases is urging recovered COVID-19 patients to donate their plasma in order to help treat active cases.

(VOVWORLD) - Heart-breaking photos of exhausted health workers in Da Nang have gone viral on the Internet. They capture staff members at the Da Nang 115 Emergency Centre and Hoa Minh ward’s health clinic, who have suffered from dehydration, heat stroke, and fainting and received care from their fellow colleagues. Such photos have stirred an urgent need for protecting the health of frontline medical workers in the COVID-19 pandemic.