(VOVWORLD) - Rapid adaptation to market trends and close coordination with exporters have enabled many farmers in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai to move away from traditional production toward methods more in line with global health, environment, and export standards.

(VOVWORLD) - Tug-of-war rituals and folk games were honored by UNESCO in 2015 as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, a multi-national project of Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, Cambodia, and the Philippines.

(VOVWORLD) - Dam Thuy border station is located in Cao Bang border province’s Trung Khanh district, which is famous for its revolutionary tradition and tourist attractions. The border guard force has ably protected the border and national security and contributed greatly to the local economy, providing a firm backbone for ethnic minority people in the district.

(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry’s ongoing telehealth project has helped people in remote isolated areas access quality health care services. Using IT and modern medical equipment, doctors at upper-level hospitals can remotely examine and diagnose people in their home or at medical stations at the grassroots level.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ba Ria-Vung Tau provincial People's Council has adopted a smart city development project from now until 2022 with a direction to 2025 and a vision toward 2030. The project, part of the Government's sustainable smart urban development plan until 2025, aims to basically complete administration and state management apps and other apps to serve businesses, residents and visitors.

(VOVWORLD) - “With discipline and solidarity, we will surely gain a victory” is a slogan embraced by the mining industry for 84 years, since 30,000 coal miners in Quang Ninh province went on strike in 1936 to demand their rights. The 100,000 workers of the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Corporation (Vinacomin) have sustained this spirit in their emulation movements towards developing their industry sustainably and becoming one of the three pillars of national energy security.

(VOVWORLD) - Some women in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang have, for years, collected and sorted disposable bottles, cartons, scrap paper, and plastic to reduce environmental pollution and create some income. The “Turn waste into money” model has made many localities in Soc Trang cleaner and more beautiful.

(VOVWORLD) - Bich Thao coffee in the northern mountainous province of Son La was named one of the 10 best brands at the 2020 Vietnam Specialty Coffee Competition and has been recognized as a 4-star OCOP product. The Bich Thao Coffee Cooperative is now trying to get the brand certified as a national 5-star product.

(VOVWORLD) - Binh Dinh province in central Vietnam has approximately 250,000 ha of land contaminated with bombs, mines, and other explosive remnants of war, posing a serious risk to local residents, especially children. Binh Dinh has worked with domestic and foreign organizations to conduct mine risk education programs to make students aware of the danger and how to avoid being injured by unexploded ordnance (UXO).

(VOVWORLD) - Muong Nhe district in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien was at one time associated with illegal religious practices, but now religious followers there abide by State policies and laws and have built a good religion-centered life.