Funds of VND80 million have been raised by local authorities in Quang Ngai Province to help build a house for a father and son who lived in the forest for decades.
Free Wheelchair Mission and Give It Back to Kids have donated 550 wheelchairs to people with disabilities in six cities and provinces across the country.
An exchange highlighting the spirit of victims of Agent Orange/dioxin was held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10 as part of activities nationwide to mark the 52nd anniversary of the first spraying of the toxic chemical by
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on August 3 visited and presented gifts to families of victims of Agent Orange/dioxin in the northern mountainous province of Bac Giang.
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.
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.
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.