COMMUNITY

The Saigon Cyclo Challenge 2012 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 on March 10 to raise funds for children, charity and the community.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung has instructed the Ministry of Finance to supply free of charge 3,592 tonnes of rice to the northern mountainous provinces of Dien Bien and Lang Son.

Local diva Thanh Lam and quirky singer Tung Duong will hold a concert on the day of love, Valentine’s Day, in Hanoi to raise fund for cancer children patients.

A functional rehabilitation programme funded by the German organisation, Caritas has helped disabled people in Quang Tri Province integrate into the community.

Truong The Dung, head of Niem Tin (Hope) voluntary medical professionals group, is currently working unpaid for charity clinics in HCM City.

HCM City offered free bus tickets to 2,800 poor students to return to their hometowns for the Tet holiday.

The PM has urged the Ministry of Finance to provide nearly 9,880 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for seven provinces during the upcoming traditional Tet Festival.

Many businesses, agencies and domestic and foreign social organisations have joined charitable activities to help the poor and disadvantaged ahead Tet festival.

The Vietnam Golden Heart Fund made its debut in Hanoi, calling for help to the poor, AO/dioxin victims and families of martyrs and invalids.

Saigon Children’s Charity is planning to organise special events in 2012 to raise funds for helping underprivileged children in Vietnam.

Plan International in Vietnam will provide $3.2 million in support of poor children in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum in the next five years.

Phu My Hung Corporation collected over VND2.3 billion at the seventh Lawrence S. Ting Charity Walk to support the poor in the lead up to Tet holiday.

The Vietnam Red Cross and the German Red Cross announced a EUR400,000 project to assist flood victims in the Mekong River Delta.

Students with the desire to help keep their country healthy donated 350 units of blood during this year's first blood donation day which was dubbed Red Sunday 2012.

Two South Korean stars will come to Vietnam to advertise their newly released TV series entitled My Princess and also raise funds for Vietnamese needy children.

Thousands of joggers will join in the annual Lawrence S. Ting charity walk to raise funds for poor people to help them have an adequate Tet festival.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan was full of thanks to the SOS Children’s Village International at a reception for the organisation’s President Helmut Kutin in Hanoi.

The Luxembourg government is funding a project to increase tourism activities and assist the goal of sustainable poverty reduction in Quang Nam Province.

A total of VND6.6 trillion was donated by localities, organisations and individuals for the poor at a live TV programme held on the eve of the year 2012.