(VOVworld) – In 2015 Ho Chi Minh City continued to lead Vietnam in ensuring social security and caring for local poor people. This year, in addition to specific policies supporting disadvantaged families, HCMC is focusing on sustainable poverty reduction until 2020.

(VOVworld) – Tet, the traditional Lunar New Year 2016 is very near. These days farmers of Tay Tuu flower village, about 15 km from Hanoi’s center are working hard in the flower fields to timely meet the capital city’s needs.

(VOVworld) – The waters around Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in Khanh Hoa province lie on an important international maritime route running through the East Sea. This is also one of Vietnam’s traditional fishing grounds. To support fishermen and protect them when they go offshore fishing, a rescue force for the Truong Sa waters has been established on local its islands.

(VOVworld) – Government decree 67 on aqua-culture development policies has proved effective. It offers preferential loans to fisherman, helping them build new vessels for offshore fishing.

(VOVworld) – Government decree 67 on aqua-culture development policies has proved effective. It offers preferential loans to fisherman, helping them build new vessels for offshore fishing.

(VOVworld) – On the first Friday of each month, a spicy beef soup eatery in Hanoi sells 1,500 bowls of soup to poor workers for less than 23 cents per bowl. The shop’s owner says this is a way of showing his sympathy for disadvantaged people.

(VOVworld) - The health of ethnic minority people in Lai Chau province has improved thanks to the government’s health insurance policy. Hundreds of thousands of poor people in the province have been provided with health insurance cards.

(VOVworld) – The border station of the Le Thanh International Border Crossing is in charge of safeguarding 18 kilometers of national border in Duc Co and Ia Grai district of Gia Lai province, which borders Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province. Over the years, the station has defended Vietnam’s sovereignty and promoted its external relations.

(VOVworld) – The ASEAN Economic Community will be officially established at the end of this month. Pursuant to signed agreements, ASEAN member countries will accept each other’s qualifications. In other words, workers qualified in one country are permitted to work freely in other ASEAN countries. This will benefit Vietnamese laborers and students but also pressure Vietnamese education to reform and improve its training and personnel.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s Quang Tri province, an area of scorching sun and heavy rain, was also hardest hit by the American bombing during the war. Despite severe natural conditions, victims of war bombs and mines have struggled to build a new, better life.