Vietnamese businessman Johnathan Hanh Nguyen became emotional after child cancer patients sang him a surprise birthday song during a visit to a children’s hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.
The southern province of Ca Mau has launched a campaign to build 1,000 homes for poor and disadvantaged households as part of efforts to improve living conditions and reduce poverty.
Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper has begun construction of 50 floating flood-resistant homes worth VND 2 billion (approximately USD 77,000) for residents in Dak Lak Province ahead of the coming rainy season.
A poor family in Dien Bien Province is struggling to cope after two of their three children were diagnosed with thalassemia, a hereditary blood disorder requiring lifelong blood transfusions.
After facing the prospect of permanent blindness, Doan has regained hope thanks to more than VND 256 million (approximately USD 9,850) donated by readers and benefactors to support his treatment.
A three-year-old boy in central Vietnam risks permanently losing his ability to hear and speak unless his family can raise approximately USD 13,500 for urgent cochlear implant surgery.
A family in Lam Dong Province has borrowed more than VND 300 million (USD 11,400) to treat their three-year-old son, who is battling eye cancer and a congenital brain tumour.
Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper and local authorities in Dak Lak Province have inaugurated a new home for a 75 year old father and his three disabled sons after readers donated nearly VND 175 million.
A university in Danang has provided emergency financial support to a student whose visually impaired mother supports the family through street vending.
Four orphaned siblings in Ha Tinh Province have received more than VND 300 million in donations from Dantri readers and philanthropists following a family tragedy.
More than VND 720 million (approximately USD 28,300) donated by Dantri readers and benefactors helped a 16-year-old boy in Phu Tho survive life threatening illness.
Dozens of women in the central province of Ha Tinh have jointly helped two local struggling families harvest rice and maize after illness and tragedy left them unable to bring in their crops.
A single mother in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has begun rebuilding her life after reader donations helped her build a new home and raise livestock to support her two young children.
At nearly 80, Nguyen Thi Thanh Loan continues to teach Aikido and life skills to children with disabilities, dedicating more than two decades to helping them integrate into society.