COMMUNITY

A charity group from Hanoi has donated more than VDN100m in Tet gifts to 300 disadvantaged students in mountainous areas in Lao Cai Province.

President Truong Tan Sang sent presents to officials, soldiers and the locals of Truong Sa (Spratly) island district in the central province of Khanh Hoa in honour of the upcoming lunar New Year (Tet).

Three children, two with cerebral palsy and one with heart disease, in Ha Nam Province desperately need help, their parents having tried everything to pay for their health care.

A man from central Quang Tri Province who took part in a military clash in the Spratly Islands is fighting a losing battle to afford his wife's medical treatment and help his children.

More gift packages are being delivered to people from disadvantaged backgrounds on the occasion of the up-coming traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).

Children in Nghe An Province have received life-changing gifts of VND140m from readers of DTiNews.

Nguyen Van Tu was paralysed in an accident, his wife was killed weeks later, and now his small children are without support besides.

The Prime Minister has instructed the finance ministry to allocate 4,208 tonnes of rice from the national reserves to help disadvantaged people in eight provinces enjoy the Tet festival.

Juvenile offenders at rehabilitation centres and children aged 18 and under at city shelters will receive gifts and scholarships during an entertainment programme in HCM City on February 18 (Lunar New Year Eve).

A local cadre at a commune in Ha Nam Province area is alleged to have stolen part of a local man's disability allowance.

Four children have been abandoned at an orphanage in Hai Duong Province, pushing carers to the limit as they struggle to look after more children than they can afford.

A single mother in Ha Tinh Province has to turn to other mothers to feed her twin babies as she undergoes multiple surgeries to tackle congenital diseases.

A father who lost his son to bone cancer and is fighting his own lung cancer has received VND414m from generous DTiNews readers.

A poor family in Nghe An Province has been struggling to cope after four of five children were found to suffer a mental illness.

Thousands of youth, students and volunteers donated their blood yesterday at the Red Sunday 2015 blood donation festival, which took place in 18 provinces and cities nationwide.

Over the past two decades, the Vietnam Children’s Fund (VCF) has raised more than VND4,000 billion to support more than 28 million disadvantaged children across the country.

A 15-year-old girl in Ben Tre Province is struggling to continue her studies despite fighting two debilitating diseases that have drained her family of all their resources.

A new SOS children’s village, the 16th of its kind in Vietnam, opened in Thai Binh city in northern Thai Binh province on January 21.

Blood donation festival "Red Sunday 2015" will take place in 18 provinces and cities nationwide, and at the Hanoi University of Technology in Hanoi, on January 25.