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More than 23,000 units of blood have been donated since the Red Spring festival was launched in 2008.

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers has called on the Human Rights Council to protect the right to life of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims.

Blue Dragon, a charity working with kids in crisis throughout Vietnam, is calling for more donations to open two new centres for the rising number of children coming to them for help.

More than 2,500 women, children and caregivers living with or affected by HIV have received support from a project run by the Netherlands-Vietnam Medical Committee.

Two sisters from New Zealand, Sally Hewlett and Kim McVinnie, are cycling from Hanoi to HCM City in order to raise $4,000 for malnourished children in Vietnam.

Around £5,000 (USD8,000) was raised for Vietnamese AO victims at a recent meeting organised by British Members of Parliament and the Vietnamese embassy.

The “Samsung Hope Relay” to promote the 2012 London Summer Olympics and raise funds for charity was held in HCM City on June 17, attracting 7,400 people.

More than 120 Vietnamese children with genital deformities will receive free treatment under scheme run by the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation.

The United States Agency for International Development has been collecting ideas, recommendations and comments for a plan to help AO victims in Vietnam.

A hospital which will provide medicine and free healthcare check-ups to Overseas Vietnamese and poor Cambodians has opened in Preah Sihanouk Province.

A team of orthopedic surgeons from Switzerland gave free medical check-ups to disable children in the northern province of Tuyen Quang on June 5-6.

Vietnam along with nearly 90 countries from across the world took part in a charity fair in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, to raise funds for disadvantaged children.

Julia Lescova, the winner of Best Model of The World 2006, will come to Vietnam to participate in “Beauty and Benevolence” programme in HCM City on June 8.

Operation Smile plans to provide surgeries at no cost to at least 2,000 children suffering from childhood facial deformities in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese-Canadian bubble artist Fan Yang is back in Vietnam for 13 shows in Hanoi and charity activities across the country later this month.

The Ben Tre provincial Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin presented 30 houses for families of Agent Orange victims.

Enterprises in HCM City have more active policies for corporate social responsibility than those in Hanoi, according to a recent report.

Fans bidding in a charity online auction to buy a teacup used once by pop diva Lady Gaga had offered $50,000 by Tuesday, with five days left before the hammer falls.

Disabled Chinese ballet dancers Ma Li and Zhai Xiaowei will perform in Hanoi in a charity show this weekend.