COMMUNITY

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.

In war time, the Vietnamese government ordered the army and the public health care system to provide treatments to those who were exposed to toxic chemicals.

A woman in Hanoi is calling for financial support to save her husband who is dying from acute pancreatitis as the family can no longer afford the treatment.

An international workshop was held in Hanoi on August 8 to share research outcomes on Agent Orange (AO) consequences and discuss measures to help Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims.

The Ho Chi Minh City Red Cross Society on August 6 launched the 2016 Action Month for Agent Orange (AO) victims with a charity walk to raise money to help victims of the crippling defoliant.

Around 3,000 people joined a walk in the central city of Danang this morning, August 5, to commemorate 55 years of Agent Orange Dioxin disaster in Vietnam.

Aiden’s girlfriend Bluebell Baughan has set up a charity in the name of Aiden Webb, who died climbing Fansipan mountain in Vietnam - the highest peak of Indochina in 2016. Aiden plunged to his death after slipping down a

DTiNews has transferred over VND67m (USD3,000) of donations from readers to help a little girl in Danang City who is struggling with leukaemia.

The National Volunteer Award 2016 has been launched in Hanoi to honour organisations and individuals who actively engage in voluntary activities for the benefit of the community.

A mother from Quang Tri Province is in need of help to save her two ill sons after losing her firstborn to the same illness.