COMMUNITY

A workshop to improve the performance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Vietnam has taken place at the Vietnamese House in Washington DC.

UNICEF and eleven factories in Vietnam’s footwear and apparel sector launched the “Children’s Rights in the Workplace Program for Footwear and Apparel Manufacturers” last week to look specifically at improving the wellbeing of children, working parents, and young workers.

Dan Tri has transferred VND186 million (VND8,100) in reader donations to a man and his son who are both suffering from cancer in Vinh Phuc Province.

A two-year-old boy in the northern province of Ha Nam is in desperate need of help after his mother died. He is currently being looked after by his poor and ailing maternal grandparents.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide VND1 trillion (US$44 million) for localities affected by Typhoon Damrey that hit south central provinces early this month.

More than 1,000 people are expected to run with visually-impaired people around Hoàn Kiếm Lake on Sunday, December 3.

A poor man in the central province of Nghe An is calling on help for his wife who is on the verge of death, leaving their little baby thirsty for breast milk.

The United Nations (UN) has approved an aid of over US$4 million to Vietnam to overcome severe consequences caused by typhoon Damrey.

An ill man in An Giang Province is calling for financial support to help treat his three-year-old daughter who is suffering from leukaemia after his wife died of throat cancer.

The 10th Sunflower Charity Day hosted by Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper will take place in HCM City and Hanoi on November 26.

A 28-year-old man in Hai Duong Province is in desperate need of financial support to treat his wife and son who are both suffering from cancer.

More than 6,000 people with disabilities in HCM City and 16 neighbouring cities and provinces will take part in the 18th Camp for People with Disabilities at Suối Tiên Theme Park in HCM City’s District 9 on December 2.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) has worked to spread humanitarian spirit in society, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said.

DTiNews readers have donated nearly VND1.6bn (USD70,400) to a 2-year-old girl in HCM City who is suffering from traumatic brain injury after falling down stairs and being rejected by grandparents.

Nong Thi Hao from Ha Nam Province can’t treat her leukaemia as she needs to buy milk for their son.

UPS has mobilized its employees in Vietnam to spend more than 1,700 hours helping those in need within local communities as part of the company’s 15th annual Global Volunteer Month.

An aid package from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for victims of typhoon Damrey arrived at Cam Ranh International Airport in the central province of Khanh Hoa on November 16.

An old poor woman in the southern province of Bac Lieu is calling for the wider public help to save her two children who both have mental problems.

The US Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E. Daniel J. Kritenbrink, announced that over $1 million in emergency assistance and longer-term disaster risk reduction support will be given to Vietnam to address the impacts of Typhoon Damrey and future disasters.