COMMUNITY

Hanoi has officially ignited a comprehensive programme -- the first of its kind in Vietnam -- to help the disabled integrate into society.

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communication presented 200 books and 100 DVDs related to Agent Orange to the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin.

Around 160 overseas Vietnamese teenagers, who are attending the 2012 Summer Camp, set foot in HCMC – six days before the 19-day camp ends in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province.

An Australian funded eye care project plays an important role in developing and introducing new models for eye care at the grass-roots level in Vietnam.

As part of the twelfth Pink Holiday campaign, some young professionals have traveled beyond the country’s border, going to some isolated provinces in Laos to help out the friendly neighbours.

Hundreds of young people who are doctors and workers in HCM City set off to isolated and poor areas last Saturday morning in the twelfth Ky nghi hong (Pink Holiday) campaign.

The group of New Zealander cyclists pose for a picture in front of statue of a cock with nine spurs in Duc Trong District of the central highland province of Lam Dong.

The US Navy Military Sealift Command’s hospital ship USUN Mercy anchored at Cua Lo port to provide humanitarian and civic assistance through out Nghe An Province.

Four students from England have pedaled their bicycles from Hanoi to HCM City to raise funds to sponsor five poor students through their four years at university in Vietnam.

French-Vietnamese pianist Gabriel Tran Phuong Nam will perform his third concert in Vietnam on July 8, this time to support a clinic for ethnic minorities.

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.