COMMUNITY

A blood donation campaign known as the Red Spring festival will be held at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on March 3.

Doctor Luan Thanh Truong, head of the medical unit in Thanh An Commune of Can Gio Island, never regretted his decision to volunteer to work here - one hour from the mainland.

A man in Gia Lai Province has voluntarily taken on the job of caring for dozens of people with mental disabilities in his home.

Japanese Tess Co. is introducing to Vietnam its pedal-powered wheelchair for rehabilitation and mobility that can be operated even by people with almost completely paralyzed legs, without having to use their hands.

Robert Nugier, 69, walked a long way to reach a poor family in the southern province of Tien Giang and left promising to return with a cow they have wanted for years.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee To Huy Rua presented gifts to beneficiary and poor households in Bac Ninh province on February 5 in the lead up to the Lunar New Year.

Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union launched the 2013 Spring Volunteer Campaign on January 27, attracting 11,000 students from 8 local districts.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to offer disadvantaged people relief aid during the coming lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and lean months.

About 20 years ago, during a charity trip to Nam Dong District of the province, Soeur Vu Thi Tho witnessed a crowd of people surrounding a month-old infant tied with a dead mother.

Hanoi will host the fifth blood donation day on January 20 in an effort to support hospitals in saving patients during the upcoming lunar New Year festival.

More than 2 billion VND and 900 gift packages were raised for the Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims in Da Nang in a music programme held in the central coastal city on January 13.

As many as 3,800 woollen blankets will soon be handed over to poor residents in 17 northern provinces which are being hit by the first strong cold spell in 2013, according to the Vietnam Red Cross.

The Government has decided to spend USD115.2 million to support 23 poor districts nationwide to reduce poverty quickly and sustainably in the next five years.

HCM City’s Farmers Association is in the process of implementing a programme helping the poor enjoy the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

A Frenchman is providing clean water, health care in poor rural areas

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has emphasised reducing poverty rates and protecting social welfare are top priorities.

Australian ultra marathon runner and former MP Pat Farmer has started a 3,000-kilometre run through Vietnam for charity purposes.

A conference to discuss the implementation of a project to assist people with disabilities in the 2012-2020 phase was held in Hanoi on December 11.

Japan’s Personal Closet M&V has held a charity party in Tokyo to raise funds for Doctor Tadashi Hattori’s charitable activities in Vietnam.