Vietnamese in Malaysia help AO victimsThe Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia on July 22 hosted a ceremony to raise funds for Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims.
Rag pickers go to school at rubbish dumpA Samaritan has begun to take classes for adult rag pickers close to a rubbish dump in Da Nang where most of them earn their livelihoods.
UN says climate change threatens world securityClimate change is generating a brew of extreme weather events that threaten global security, the UN chief said.
US naval soldiers play music for Vietnamese disabled childrenThe orchestra of the US 7th Fleet on July 17 organized a special show for disabled kids in Ngu Hanh Son district in the central city of Danang.
Fishing with explosives threatens hydropower damHo Ho hydropower dam in the central province of Quang Binh is being threatened by locals using explosives to catch fish.
Nearly 7,000 houses presented to poor people in remote areasUp to 6,901 houses have been built for the poor in border areas and on islands over the past 3 years, according to a conference in Hanoi on July 19.
DTiNews extends helping hand to poor studentsDTiNews readers have participated in a campaign to donate one million notebooks to children in disaster-hit localities.
Disabled, disadvantaged children receive careThe US's Johnson & Johnson Medical SA Inc. will provide $80,000 to help disabled and disadvantaged children in Hanoi.
Hanoi’s rubbish-strewn ‘road to hell’One of Hanoi’s outer ring roads has been turned into a rubbish-strewn muddy track.
Central Highlands' last rosewood forest close to extinctionDak Uy, the only rosewood forest in the Central Highlands, is close to complete destruction because of illegal logging.
People with disabilities empowered through sportsTwo international NGOs have donated 20 sport wheelchairs worth around $6,400 to Vietnamese people with disabilities.
Celebrities to walk 1,500 kilometres for charityDoan Trang and Thanh Bach, hosts of the latest season of "Buoc Nhay Hoan Vu" will become goodwill ambassadors for a charity programme.
Over VND949 billion donated for the disadvantagedThe Vietnam Red Cross mobilised more than VND949 billion (USD46 million) through a number of movements in the first half of 2011.
Trans-national walk supports Agent Orange victimsParticipants in the 2011 Green Itinerary Walk Across Vietnam arrived in Quang Tri Province and joined many activities to support AO victims.
Illegal sand exploitation poses environmental threatIllicit sand exploitation along the Cai River in Khanh Hoa Province has caused serious landslides, threatening people’s lives.
Vietnamese embassy in Russia helps AO victimsThe Vietnamese embassy in Russia held a fundraiser on July 11 to raise money for Agent Orange/Dioxin victims in the homeland.
Blatant illegal logging continues in protected forestsIn the second part of an investigative series, DTiNews seeks to get a more detailed look at these operations.
Illegal loggers plague Quang NamDTiNews discovers first-hand about the illegal logging that is decimating the protected forests of the Truong Son mountain range.
Press agencies join efforts to help AO victimsMany domestic press agencies signed a cooperation agreement with the “Life is Beautiful” programme to provide support to Agent Orange victims.
Call for $160 million to support the disabledVietnam needs more than VND3.29 trillion (USD160 million) to support people with disabilities during the next 10 years.