DTiNews have provided VND10 million (USD454) to help a poor woman in the southern province of Dong Nai who is on the verge of death due to dengue fever.
The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion expects to collect at least 10,000 units of blood at the ninth Xuaân Hong (Pink Spring) festival in Ha Noi next Sunday. The event will be held at the National Convention Centre.
The first free bread boxes were recently brought to the central city of Danang to help local poor workers. The model was earlier launched in Hanoi and HCM City.
Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du on February 8 visited and provided emergency relief to overseas Vietnamese, victims of a serious fire which took place in Phnom Penh the same day.
Hundreds of rooms equipped with blankets, cushions, televisions and heaters will be available for the homeless at universities in Hanoi during the Tet (Lunar New Year) 2016 holiday.
The Prime Minister has agreed to add 2,275 disadvantaged villages in 48 provinces and cities nationwide to the investment list for Programme 135 in the 2016-2020 period.
The Vietnam Red Cross Society in Hanoi launched a campaign to collect donations through mobile texting for those affected by the record cold spell in the northern provinces.
A group of students in the central city of Hue have organised a charitable Hug Me campaign to raise funds to help disadvantaged children in remote areas.
A three-year-old boy from the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh Province is in critical condition and his cousin died at the scene after being crushed by collapsed brick wall.
US organisation Giving It Back to Kids and the VinaCapital Fund will sponsor a charity drive for 33 underprivileged children with heart disease in the central city of Da Nang.