COMMUNITY

Members of the two US organizations, Peace Trees Vietnam and Center for Women and Democracy have voiced concern over solving the consequences of war in Vietnam.

Close to 300 units and thousands of individuals nationwide have donated VND17.3 billion and goods to support Truong Sa islands.

A project aimed at providing safe water and improving sanitation for the central region kicked off in the central province of Quang Binh.

A more intensive model for voluntary blood donation, called Blood Donation Street, is expected to become a major source of blood next year.

The beach in Dien Ngoc Commune in Nghe An Province has been turned into a virtual dumping ground by the local community.

Over the past eight months, the Vietnam Red Cross has raised around $7.783 million in support of Japanese earthquake victims.

A Dutch non-governmental organisation will provide EUR1 million to carry out a health care project in Quang Tri Province.

Scientists found in Vietnam a rare species of rat, which was believed to have been extinct 11 million years ago.

Room to Read, a non-government organisation, inaugurated libraries at nine primary schools in Yen Son District, Tuyen Quang Province.

Sonadezi may have to pay VND11.5 billion in compensations to farmers in Dong Nai Province for environmental damages.

The Chevron Vietnam Company and the Vietnam Children Sponsorship Fund presented 200 scholarships to poor gifted students in Can Tho City.

The Government has decided that environmental fees will be levied on mining activities from January 1.

More than 200 golfers are taking part in a charity golf tournament entitled ‘Swing for Life,’ which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 30.

Nelson Mandela Foundation's launched a clothing line featuring garments marked with "46664", the anti-apartheid hero's prison number, as part of a fundraising campaign to counter HIV.

Health care centres in HCMC are dumping about 23,000 cubic metres per day into the public sewage system.

Joelle Schonberg started the day making springrolls and other traditional Vietnamese fare and ended it by mixing massive amounts of concrete.

Though they are still struggling for livelihood, many workers in Binh Duong Province are sharing the little they have with the less unfortunate.

Italian surgeon Roberto DeCastro, who successfully performed genital organ regeneration surgery on a Vietnamese boy was on a working visit to Vietnam.

Many Vietnamese beauties, models and singers organised a charitable fashion show to raise funds for local needy people.