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A 23 year-old woman from the central province of Nghe An who previously underwent four heart operations has been diagnosed with pancreas cancer.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated nearly VND272 million (USD12,952) to a 10-year old boy in Hanoi's Soc Son who has been living with blood disorders since he was born.

The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union on September 2 held a collective wedding for 100 couples who are working in industrial parks, export processing zones and other facilities in the city and adjacent areas.

Do Minh Tam in Hanoi is fighting against meningitis after his mother abandoned him and his father was imprisoned.

The Ho Chi Minh city Employee Assistance Center will organise a group wedding ceremony in 2016, themed “Honoring Vietnamese cultural beauty”.

A father in Nam Dinh Province is in need of help for three of his sons who are all suffering from haemophilia, a rare bleeding disorder in which the blood doesn't clot properly.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Germany on August 25 raised more than 5,000 EUR (roughly 5,600 USD) to support people in mountainous and island areas in their homeland.

An old couple in Bac Ninh Province is in need of help to raise three grandchildren after their father abandoned them and their mother died.

A young ethnic minority woman in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh needs two urgent heart operations; however, her family is so poor to cover to operation costs and hospital fees, leaving her condition to be more critical.

A woman in Quang Tri Province is in need of help to treat her heart disease and keep her children in school.

Over 4,300 children in t he central province of Thua Thien – Hue were taught swimming skills during this year’s summer under a project funded by the Nordic Assistance to Vietnam/ Norwegian Church Aids.

Vietnamese in Austria have donated a total EUR2,000 to Dantri/DTiNews's Compassionate Hearts Charity Fund and the Vietnam Study Promotion Fund.

A group of Vietnamese students have helped build two new kindergarten classrooms and gave scholarships to pupils in a remote area of Dien Bien Province.

The US Agency for International Development said it has provided a grant for the Centre for the Promotion of Quality of Life to promote community-based approaches to HIV prevention, care and treatment.

A poor family in Ha Tinh Province is struggling with a father with mental diseases while the mother has lost one leg. Their two little sons have to take care of them every day.

DTiNews readers have donated USD7,230 to a young girl in in the central province of Ha Tinh who now has to take care of her younger brother and younger sister after their parents died.

Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations Don Tuan Phong has suggested US activists call on the US Government to pay more heed to decontaminating “environmental hot spots” in Vietnam and supporting local Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims.

Despite facing numerous difficulties, the 18-year old girl in Thanh Hoa Province, who was abandoned by her parents since she was small, has pursued her dream to become a university student.

More than 5,000 students and youths participated in a walk in Ho Chi Minh City on August 14 to raise money for scholarship funds in support for disadvantaged students.