Up to 21,000 people participated in a blood donation campaign jointly by the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion and Samsung Vietnam.
A programme entitled ‘A Jar of Love’ was launched in Ho Chi Minh City, on September 12, by the Vietnam SOS Children’s Villages to call for joint efforts to ensure that children don’t grow up alone.
Dantri Newspaper has transferred over VND120 million (USD,5300) in readers' donation to help an orphaned university student in An Giang Province undergo a kidney transplant.
A free cancer screening programme has been simultaneously launched at 18 medical facilities throughout eight provinces and cities across the country, targeting the early detection of several cancers for around 15,000 people.
The Norwegian Red Cross (NRC) has provided more than 7 million USD to help 21 localities nationwide cope with natural disasters and improve environmental hygiene over the past 21 years.
A poor couple in the central province of Nghe An Province is calling for financial support to help their two daughters who are both suffering from heart diseases.
A poor mother in the southern province of Dong Nai is calling for the community help as she herself faces cancer, while her daughter suffers from mental diseases.
DTiNews readers have to date donated a total of around VND2 billion (USD90,900) through the newspaper’s Compassionate Hearts Charity Fund for people in northern mountainous areas who have been affected by recent flash floods.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has just approved a USD21 million project to help local disabled people with support from the US Agency for International Development.
A poor man in Ben Tre Province is calling for financial support to help provide treatment for his wife who is suffering from cancer and their two children with malnutrition.
46 young people from low-income families have been given free career training through the Youth Career Initiative programme run by British company Business in the Community.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) to continue revamping its operation based on the community, and in a pragmatic and sustainable fashion.