(VOVworld) – Phu Quoc island in Kien Giang province has been approved to become a centrally-run special administrative-economic zone by 2020, a strategy designed to boost tourism, one of Phu Quoc’s spearhead economic sectors. In response to Vietnam’s National Tourism Year 2016, local travel agencies and service companies are offering promotional programs to attract more tourists.

(VOVworld) – Hanoi’s old quarter has 36 streets and each street is generally associated with a handicraft. It’s easy to recognize the trade of a street by the available products and the sounds from their workshops. We now introduce Hang Bac street, a silver casting guild.

(VOVworld) – French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle travelled to 32 countries but then settled in Vietnam because, he says, this place has brought him endless inspiration. Hong Bac has a report on the French photographer’s love for Vietnam.

(VOVworld) – Activities are underway across Vietnam to mark Earth Hour 2016. Students and young people are among those responding most enthusiastically to the campaign.

(VOVworld) - A group of young people have become a link between benefactors and poor workers through voluntary programs in Hanoi. They are members of the Hanoi Young Inspirers Club.

(VOVworld) –20 Mong children in Can Chu Phin commune, Ha Giang province, recently participated in the production of a radio musical. The program was organized by Plan International, an international children-centered community development NGO, and iSee, the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy, and Environment.

(VOVworld) – Volunteer students of a club called “Faith and Hope” hold a special class for child patients at the Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion every weekend. Though they have not undergone any formal pedagogical training, they expect to bring joy and happiness to these unfortunate children.

(VOVworld) – Covering an area of 5.5 square kilometers, Tran Island is located to the northeast of Co To Island in Quang Ninh province. Although living conditions here are hard, soldiers and islanders are doing their best to develop the island.

(VOVworld) – The traditional wrestling festival of Mai Dong Village in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai district often takes place from the 4th to the 7th of the first lunar month. The festival’s exciting atmosphere attracts many visitors from near and far.

(VOVworld) – The lunar new year, called Tet in Vietnamese, is coming in 2 days. Hanoi residents are busy preparing to welcome the year of the Monkey. VOV reports on the festive atmosphere in Hanoi.