In the mountains of Bắc Hà, there is a special plum tree that bears white flowers. It gives the area the name “the white highlands”. Traditional horse racing takes place here.

A person who lives like a man but was born a woman is married to a person who lives like a woman but was born a man. They have just had a baby together.

A man from the Tà Ôi people in Thừa Thiên Huế province loves crossbows. Hồ Xuân Thiện has won many crossbow shooting competitions. He used his crossbows in the war against the Americans and the French.

A man who lives on an island in the central province of Quảng Ngãi loves crabs. Phạm Văn Công noticed that many were being caught when they were about to have babies.

Mẫu Thị Bích Phanh is an expert in the Raglai language. She is from that group of people in the southern province of Ninh Thuận. Over the years she has done a lot to develop the language. Among the things she has done is teaching government workers the language.

A farmer who lives on the edge of Hà Nội absolutely loves the late President Hồ Chí Minh. So much that he has an exhibition of ‘Uncle Hồ’ in his home.

Nguyễn Thu Huệ wanted to become a ballet dancer. Her parents did not want her to go far away from home but she said if she could not, she would go on a hunger strike. Now, she is a very successful ballerina.

Đinh Dũng, is a fisherman on the Sơn Trà Peninsula. His father and grandfather were fishermen too. His area is now becoming more modern and developed. There are now high-rise buildings on beaches where there were once only fishing villages.

A teenager who can neither speak nor hear has found his strength and passion. That is painting and drawing. Trần Nam Long is now painting pictures that he sells. He then gives the money towards helping in the Covid-19 crisis.