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The Swallow Awards 2011, sponsored by FPT Corporation, for charity was presented to ten individuals and organisations on September 24.

A crack over one kilometre in length has been discovered at the peak of Pu Cam Mountain, putting households in danger.

Vietnam needed USD30 million to carry out 53 humanitarian projects till 2015, Red Cross general secretary Doan Van Thai said.

Traditional handicraft villages and economic zones are ignoring the environmental destruction left in their wake.

Authorities in Hanoi are drafting a water drainage plan to deal with the severe flooding the capital regularly faces.

Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Vietnam presented 215 bicycles to outstanding poor pupils in Tay Ninh Province.

Nearly 50 poor households in Quang Tri Province agreed to relocate their houses to donate nearly 55 hectares of land to build schools.

Nearly 200 people gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for a “Night of Heart” to raise funds for Vietnamese children suffering from Agent Orange related heart disease.

Danang plans to spend about VND437 billion to assist people with disabilities in the city over the next five years, one official said.

The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs launched a US-funded project to improve treatment for drug addicts.

2,283 people in the central city of Danang have registered to donate their cornea after death.

The 2nd phase of a Norwegian-funded project on poverty reduction in Vietnam was launched in Hanoi on September 13.

In 1971, the blithe belief in Earth as a planet of boundless resources began to shrink, thanks in large part to green activism.

The Japan-Vietnam Cultural Interaction Project will coordinate with its partners to hold the 4th charity piano concert and dinner party next month.

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.