COMMUNITY

US surgeon successfully removes giant face tumours

American surgeon McKay McKinnon and a team of Vietnamese doctors have successfully removed large tumours from the faces of two local patients during eight-hour surgeries.

Woman struggling to raise ill children

A poor woman in Nam Dinh province is struggling to raise three ill children while her relatives blame her for the children's bad health.

Philanthropists help change life of desperate family

Using funds from readers' donations, Dan Tri Newspaper has helped bring new hope to a poor widow and her seven small children in Gia Lai Province.

Kind-hearted readers help ill little girl

Many readers have paid visits and made donations to a six-year-old girl who is plagued by kidney problems.

Thousands join Walk for Agent Orange victims

Around 10,000 volunteers will take part in a run for Agent Orange victims and disabled people in HCM City on August 3.

Australia steps up direct aid

The Australian government has funded 13 projects in 10 provinces in southern Vietnam with AUD145,000 through its Direct Aid Programme for the 2012-13 financial year.

Young woman's lonely struggle to support family

A young woman in Ha Tinh Province bears tremendous family and financial burden after her husband's death in Angola.

Strange illness deforms little girl's body

A strange illness has shrunk the right part of a little girl's body, and enlarged the left side. Because of a lack of funds, the illness has yet to be treated.

American doctor returns to Vietnam to perform more charitable surgeries

American surgeon, Dr. Mckay McKinnon, has returned to Vietnam to help remove the tumours of 12 more patients.

Poor elderly couple receives donation from philanthropists

Dan Tri journalists have transferred over VND45 million, donated by readers, to an elderly couple in Thua Thien-Hue Province.

Young man with thrombocytopenia hoping in vain for survival

Father of a young man from Dong Nai Province, who suffers from thrombocytopenia, is trying to lengthen his life by cutting off rotten pieces off his body.

Around 1,000 blood units collected in Da Nang

More than 1,000 people in the central city of Da Nang donated about 1,000 units of blood during July 17 as part of a national campaign of blood donation.

Labour Minister grants VND50-million savings for veteran Phan Huu Duoc

The Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs visited war veteran Phan Huu Duoc and gave him a savings book worth VND50 million.

Memorable motorbike trip of German journalist to Vietnam

German journalist Lothar A. Baltrusch shares about his motorbike trip to Vietnam to help support poor children.

Poor man struggling to survive after tragic accident

A poor man from Ha Tinh Province is in the recovery room at the Vietnam-Germany Hospital after a serious accident.

Poor couple with mentally disabled children seeking community help

A poor couple in Nghe An Province is in desperate need of help to treat their three children, all of whom suffer from mental diseases.

Free milk warms up poor children

Around 300 children of poor and underprivileged families in central Quang Binh province on July 10 got free milk from the “Vietnam Rising” Milk Fund in 2013.