(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has made poverty reduction a major policy priority. Greater focuses will be places on mountainous and ethnic minority inhabited areas.

(VOVWORLD) - The Traditional Lunar New Year, Tet 2019, will be here in three weeks. Trade unions have been working with businesses to prepare free transportation, Tet gifts, and year-end bonuses for workers.

(VOVWORLD) - Coral is considered the under-ocean home to aquatic species. Since 2012 experts of the Nha Trang Institute of Oceanography have helped Cham islanders in Quang Nam province revive the polyped stony corals by farming techniques. The method has successfully revived thousands of square meters of corals, contributing to diversifying the UNESCO-recognized Cham Island Biosphere Reserve.

(VOVWORLD) - A humanitarian program to donate woolen caps and scarves and help pay the treatment fee for impoverished cancer patients was organized this month at Hanoi Oncology Hospital. The hospital treats more than 10,000 patients each year.

(VOVWORLD) - A book week to celebrate the 320th birthday of Ho Chi Minh City, formally called Saigon, Cho Lon and Gia Dinh, was a big hit with residents and visitors. The event was a kaleidoscope of the history of Vietnam’s biggest metropolis.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, VietGAP-based intensive orange farming in Quang Binh district, Ha Giang province, has had some success. The model has inspired local households to set up VietGAP orange growing teams, create a brand, increase productivity, quality, and profitability, and attract buyers.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, volunteer activities have become more diverse and widespread, helping disadvantaged people across Vietnam ease their burdens.

(VOVWORLD) - Over the past 5 years, the Vietnamese government has invested millions of USD in a program to improve the ability of provincial and district hospitals to perform medical techniques transferred from the central hospitals. So far 23 core hospitals have transferred 2,000 medical techniques to grassroots-level health clinics. More than 85% of satellite hospitals have reduced the number of patients they send to central hospitals.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers' Brigade of U Minh district, Ca Mau province has implemented a humanitarian program called “Houses of Red Scarf” to help disadvantaged community members reduce day-to-day difficulties and continue to attend school.

(VOVWORLD) - Over the past two years, passion fruit has proven profitable to the farmers of Moc Chau district, Son La province.