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.
A two year-old girl in Binh Phuoc Province is in desperate need of help to treat a large tumour on her face as the family is running out of money to support her treatment.