(VOVworld) – Thái ethnic people have long grown the ingredients used to make traditional specialties like ‘canh bon’, a soup made from water-taro.

(VOVworld) – This year’s Kate festival of Chăm ethnic people fell on the first day of the 7th month of the Chăm calendar which is October 11th of the solar calendar. Thousands of Chăm people and domestic and foreign visitors gathered at Po Ro Me towers in Phước Hữu in Ninh Phước district to attend a procession of the costumes of the gods to Po Klong Girai Tower in Phan Rang City and join other rituals of the Kate Festival.

(VOVworld) – October 17 is observed as the Day for the Poor in Vietnam. Much is being done to improve their living conditions and justify their trust in the government’s policy on social security.

(VOVworld) – In addition to cooperation in agriculture, many Japanese enterprises have been keen on medical cooperation with Vietnam’s Mekong River provinces. This has the potential to significantly improve the quality of healthcare in the region.

(VOVworld) – With the biggest natural land area in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, Hon Dat district is home to Kinh, Khmer, and Chinese ethnic groups. During the national resistance war, Hon Dat was famous for its revolutionary tradition and as the native land of sister Su, the main character of a novel by writer Anh Duc. Women in the district and the local Women’s Association have worked together for poverty reduction and economic development.

(VOVworld) – The Legacies of War Coordination Center established in January in Quang Tri province has developed a coordinated response mechanism for removing unexploded ordinance that still remain 40 years after the war. The program is being jointly implemented by the Quang Tri government and Norwegian People’s Aid.

(VOVworld) – In Vietnam, the student-teacher bond is strong regardless of circumstances or conditions. The relationship between teachers and students at schools in the Truong Sa archipelago may be even more special than elsewhere. Apart from broadening students’ knowledge, teachers Nguyen Ngoc Ha and Le Anh Duc think of their pupils at Sinh Ton School as family members.

(VOVworld) - The Vocational College for Central Highlands Ethnic Minority Youths in Dak Lak province, one of 15 key vocational training schools in Vietnam, has trained tens of thousands of local students and young people of ethnic groups.

(VOVworld) – Dong Thap is famous for its lotus fields. The motto of the province is ‘Dong Thap, as pure as the soul of the lotus’. The noble beauty of lotus, the sacred flower of Buddhism, impresses the many tourists who visit the wild wetlands of the plain of reeds.

(VOVworld) – In 2013 the Health Ministry launched a project to develop satellite hospitals to reduce overcrowding at central hospitals. VOV’s Hieu Hien reports on the results the program has had in Vietnam’s southern provinces.