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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.

A charity bazaar was held in Tokyo on April 18 by the Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (AFLS) to raise funds for social welfare activities and natural disaster victims.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in coordination with the WB and UNICEF hosted a seminar in Lam Dong to share their experiences in implementing programmes to provide money to poor children.

A man in Can Tho City has set up a free mineral water stall and offering free vegetarian meals four days a month.

The programme “Connecting the Hearts” was held in New York to raise fund and call for assistance to children with heart disease in Vietnam .

Over 43,000 school children will receive access to eyecare treatment in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau thanks to a project run by the International Centre for Eyecare Education.