COMMUNITY

Children in Mekong Delta get disaster preparedness training

Prudence Foundation and Save the Children have provided more than 12,000 children in 24 primary schools in Dong Thap and Tien Giang with training and life-saving equipment to better prepare them for potential disasters.

Baby suffers chronic pneumonia and heart disease

A poor young couple from Dong Thap Province is struggling to find enough money to treat their 5-month old daughter who suffers from several health problems.

Young girl in Bac Lieu struggles with strange disease

A poor couple in Bac Lieu is asking for help from the community to save their 13-year old daughter who suffers from a strange disease.

Poor boy takes care of mother with cancer

A boy in Quang Binh Province has been taking care of his mother, who is struggling with cancer, at a local hospital for more than a year.

DTiNews presents gifts to children disabled by agent orange

DTiNews gave gifts to 150 disabled children affected by agent orange, in Danang City on the occasion of the Vietnamese Day for People with Disabilities.

A helping hand for family with serious diseases

Many donors have given a combined VND50 million to a desperate family in Can Tho province, in which all the members suffer from serious diseases.

Khmer man bedridden for years due to deformed limbs

A man of Khmer ethnic minority people in Soc Trang has been in bed for seven years due to a deformity of the limbs, but his family cannot afford treatment.

Vietnam Children’s Fund chief receives Friendship Order

Samuel Christopher Russell, country director of the Vietnam Children’s Fund, has been awarded Vietnam’s Friendship Order in recognition of his contribution to child care and protection in Vietnam.

Con man dupes disadvantaged woman

Police in Vinh City have arrested a man for swindling from a woman whose unfortunate situation was introduced in DTiNews's Charity column.

Charities change AO/dioxin victims’ lives

Many victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in Vietnam have been able to take care of themselves and reintegrate into the community after benefiting from charitable operations.

Life of little boy with heart disease in danger

The life of a 9-month-old boy from Lai Chau Province, whose heart is on the right of the chest, is at risk because his family cannot afford a surgery.

Vietnam attends charity bazaar in Tokyo

The Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society held their 38th charity bazaar in Tokyo on April 8 with the participation of representatives from 26 women’s unions of ALFS member countries.

Poor little boy has to take care of ailing mother

A poor 9-year-old boy in Lam Dong province has to leave his school to stay at home to take care of his mother who is faced with a serious disease.

DTiNews readers support orphan girl in Ha Tinh Province

DTiNews reporters have helped to transfer a total donation of VND68 million from readers to an orphan girl who is now living alone in Ha Tinh province.

People nationwide join blood donation campaign

Thousands of people nationwide have actively responded to the national blood donation campaign on the occasion of the Day for Voluntary Blood Donation (April 7).

Charitable walk raises funds for the disabled

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on April 6 joined thousands in a charitable walk in HCM City to support people with disabilities.

Poor orphan boy receives VND 1.2 billion in donations

After the story about an orphan boy who has to take care of his ill brother and sister was published on DTiNews, readers have sent more than VND1.2 billion to help him.

Donors to build bridge on stream now crossed by plastic bag

Many organisations have committed to donating towards the construction of a bridge in Dien Bien Province, where local people often cross a stream using plastic bags.

19-year-old photographer takes beautiful shelter dog pictures to help find them new homes

Jessica Trinh, a talented young pet photographer whose golden retriever Chuppy passed away, has released a beautiful series of images of shelter dogs that will make your heart melt.