A New York-based corporation, Streets international (STREETS) has organized a gala to raise funds for Vietnamese poor children, which is set for December 4 at the five-star Sofitel Hotel in Vietnam.
More than 1,500 hundred turned out for a walk-a-thon around Hoan Kiem Lake and Ly Thai To flower garden in the capital city on the morning of November 29 to raise public awareness of the plight of people with disabilities.
Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan expressed her hope that the US organisation Operation Smile would continue its support in providing reconstructive surgery on children with cleft palates and lips, training personnel and transferring technology during a meeting with the
Two young children in Quang Nam Province are in desperate need of financial help to continue their life and studies after their parents died in a traffic accident.
A poor family in Quang Binh Province is in desperate need of financial support to treat their second child for a blood disorder after losing the first son to dioxin effects.
Around 1,000 Vietnamese and foreign volunteers, 5,000 children, and families will take part in a campaign called "the next era of smile" organised at 25 places around the country to mark Operation Smile's 25th anniversary.
Thousands of residents and members of international community in Hanoi gathered at the gate of the Reunification Park on November 9 for a charitable run around the Thien Quang Lake to raise funds to treat underprivileged children with cancer