(VOVWORLD) - Over the years, Hung Yen province has worked hard to promote external relations, international integration, and expansion of international friendships and investment cooperation. These activities have enhanced the status and image of Hung Yen as a dynamic and creative locality in the northern region.

(VOVWORLD) - Over the years, the Associations for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) have taken care of and supported AO victims in localities around Vietnam by donating houses, cows, capital, and creating jobs to help them achieve a better life.

(VOVWORLD) - Established in 1989, the 27/7 War Invalid Cooperative in Hat Lot town, Son La province, has 39 members, half of them wounded soldiers and war veterans from Mai Son district. The soldiers help each other in business and economic development.

(VOVWORLD) - Successful surgery to separate 13-month-old twins conjoined at the pelvis on July 15 has drawn great public attention.

(VOVWORLD) - People from across Vietnam are flooding to former battlefields in the central province of Quang Tri to pay tribute to thousands of Vietnamese soldiers who fell there during the American war. These activities mark the 73rd anniversary of Vietnam’s War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day (July 27).

(VOVWORLD) - At-home healthcare is a practical delivery model, especially for the elderly and people with chronic diseases. Demand became more urgent during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Medical Center of Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City, recently piloted a new health care model which has strengthened people’s trust in the grassroots-level medical sector.

(VOVWORLD) - Son La province has a climate and soil suitable for medicinal plants. But productivity is low – too low to meet market demand. To make medicinal herbs an economic spearhead, Son La has planted new varieties, applied new technology, improved management of product quality and food safety, and contracted with businesses to buy farm products through cooperatives.

(VOVWORLD) - Poor people who become seriously ill can be wiped out by treatment costs. Health insurance is a lifebuoy for them and their families.

(VOVWORLD) - A special class called “Happy class” was launched early this month at the Tan Trieu branch of the National Cancer Hospital in Hanoi, popularly called K Hospital. The new class is delivering happiness to child patients at the hospital and encouragement to their parents.

(VOVWORLD) - As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many workers in Ho Chi Minh City lost their jobs, lost income, or were put on unpaid leave. But authorities and particularly trade unions, have helped ease the daily financial worries of poor workers.