Those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS will have the opportunity to receive free legal counsel, for example in employment and marriage issues, in a national pilot project kicking off soon.
British cyclist Scott Kirkham finished his 1,600km cycling tour from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on September 17 to raise awareness and funds to help Vietnamese children with congenital heart disease.
Two sons of a poor woman in the northern province of Hai Duong experienced traffic accidents within a fortnight of each other, leaving them seriously injured.
A reader has donated VND150m (USD6,800) to cover the full treatment for a 15-year-old girl in Ha Tinh Province who had to dropped out of school due to the illness.
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.
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.
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.