(VOVWORLD) - On top of health care workers, security forces, and volunteers - local radio broadcasters also play a key role in combating COVID-19. Updated news on the developments of the pandemic has proved effective in raising people's awareness of coronavirus prevention, whilst shortening the tracing time for officials.

(VOVWORLD) - In the first days following Tet, charity groups in Hanoi have been visiting and helping disadvantaged people and children in remote areas. But the coronavirus epidemic is forcing them to change their operation to protect their own health.

(VOVWORLD) - Tet, Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year holiday, celebrates the beginning of spring. For many overseas Vietnamese, the COVID-19 epidemic has made it impossible to return home for the traditional Tet family reunion. But, in any event, Tet is always an integral part of their life.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam and India are engaging in new development partnership projects in heritage conservation. They are working together to preserve the Temple at My Son; Dong Duong Buddhist Monastery in Quang Nam, and the Nhan Cham Tower in Phu Yen. VOV interviews Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Pranay Verma about this aspect of bilateral cooperation.

(VOVWORLD) - Every year when spring arrives, flower villages throughout Vietnam turn colorful and fragrant. And crowds of people come to take photos.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam successfully made COVID-19 test kits to international standards last April. Now it is producing the first made-in-Vietnam vaccine against the coronavirus, which is in human trials on Vietnamese.

(VOVWORLD) - Backward attitudes, lack of education, and poor infrastructure make life even more difficult for people with disabilities in Vietnam. But progress is being made, thanks to their efforts to help themselves and the help they get from relatives and social organizations. The decisive factor is the determination and perseverance of a disabled person to fight through their physical impairment and society’s prejudices to become successful.

(VOVWORLD) - In Vietnam people with disabilities and their families are generally poorer than most. They have fewer employment opportunities and less access to social services. Inequality still exists in living standards, societal attitudes, and integration into society. But progress is being made, thanks to determined disabled people and support from the government and social organizations.

(VOVWORLD) - Over the past 3 months, the ambulance operated by Do Quoc Minh Trieu and his friends in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, has provided free service to patients in financial difficulty. This has inspired other volunteers in the community.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has joined the ranks of countries with high human development, according to the 2020 Human Development Report recently released by the UN Development Program. The report said the Human Development Index (HDI) decreased 16.5% last year due to inequality, while income decline due to inequality was 19.1%.