COMMUNITY

Simon Niggli of Switzerland and Christoph Obmascher of Austria walked 7,000km from Europe to Asia, across 19 countries, over the last 13 months to collect aid for underprivileged Vietnamese children.

Doctors and nurses at Hanoi's National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion have been giving free haircuts to cancer patients.

A young girl in the Central Highlands of Lam Dong is calling for financial support to help treat her ill parents.

Dan Tri Newspaper supported the opening of five classrooms at a secondary school in Son La Province.

A 12 year-old girl in the northern province of Thai Nguyen now has to take care of her father who suffers from mental illness, while her mother left home.

The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin has launched a 55-day charitable texting programme to support the sufferers.

Over 1 million poor people across the country were provided with rice support during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, deputy head of the General Department of State Reserves Le Van Thoi reported.

A mother in Binh Duong Province is calling for support to save her 13-year-old son who is in critical condition following an accident.

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.

Dan Tri readers donated over VND24m to help a fourteen-month-old baby in Ha Tinh Province suffering from skin cancer.

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.

A mother from Thai Nguyen Province is calling for support to save her five-year-old son from brain cancer.

An old woman in Yen Bai Province is struggling to support three small grandchildren after their parents abandoned them.

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.

A mother in Ben Tre Province is calling for help for her husband and son's illnesses in order for him to continue at school.

A man from Hanoi who is dying from rectal cancer is calling for help to support his three small children.

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.

An ill woman in Can Tho City is in need of help to support her three children after their father left them.