What began as a forest protection assignment in 1992 has become a lifelong commitment for a man determined to preserve a forest that once sheltered both soldiers and villagers during wartime.

A decade-long passion for cacti has led one young entrepreneur in Da Nang to build a flourishing nursery filled with thousands of colorful plants.

At nearly 100 years old, Duong Thi Xoan continues to care for herself, tend her garden and prepare meals, while passing down lessons of kindness and compassion to more than 60 descendants.

Overcoming adversity, a young man from Da Nang who once herded cows and washed cars for a living went on to travel the world. Today, he is founding and directing an experiential education and school tourism center.

Leaving his business in the city, Nguyen Van Hung returned to his hometown to build a civet farm, generating annual revenue of several billion dong from breeding stock and rare color variants.

A 32-year-old entrepreneur in Vietnam's Mekong Delta has transformed a 6,800-square-meter date palm farm into a popular eco-tourism destination, where visitors can enter free of charge and harvest ripe fruit straight from the trees.

By pairing fresh flowers with vegetables and fruit, a Can Tho entrepreneur has created practical bouquets that have become a favorite gift for special occasions.

By transforming vegetables into gifts that can be cooked and eaten after display, a young man in Can Tho has captured customers' interest, leading to a constant stream of orders.

A traffic accident at the age of 19 left Tran Xuan My missing part of his skull. Over the next 11 years, he endured nearly 20 surgeries in a battle for survival that would leave anyone heartbroken.

A former computer engineer-turned-entrepreneur, Ha Anh Truong has transformed water hyacinth from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta waterways into export-quality handicrafts, generating annual revenue of $1.2 million.

The Co Tu people's tơr hoong flute once served as a musical language of courtship in the mountains of central Vietnam.

Bui Thi Nam, a retired teacher in Ninh Binh, has devoted herself to preserving and nurturing the cultural soul of the Muong community, particularly the traditional art of Dum singing, which is facing the risk of fading away.

Leaving behind a job with an income many people dream of, Tran Hoai Vu decided to return to his hometown in Nghe An, investing all his savings and borrowing additional funds to pour VND10 billion into clean agriculture.

Since retiring, Ngoc has embarked on numerous driving trips across Vietnam from south to north alongside his wife. Traveling and exploring the country is their passion, injecting color and positive energy in their senior years.

Accompanying her husband in his battle against cancer for over 6 years, Cao Phuong Thao had to sell two houses in HCMC, jewelry, brand-name watches, and poured all accumulated assets to hold onto her partner's life.

Engineer Nguyen Anh Cuong and his team in Dong Nai spent two years developing an innovative water-based polymer coating for paper packaging that enables disposable cups to decompose almost entirely within six months.

At 8am, after finishing a yoga session, Nguyen Le Van, 75, from Thu Duc, HCMC, brewed a cup of coffee, took a sip, and reviewed photos from his 31-day cross-country motorbike trip covering more than 6,000km.

Citing models like Tuyen Quang's Lo Lo Chai village, lawmakers have demanded a pivot to livelihood-centric policies that secure stable incomes for aging artisans.