COMMUNITY

An Australian man has been rowing on a 230-kilometre journey across the Mekong Delta to raise awareness about water pollution in Vietnam.

Nguyen Van Tong, a rich entrepreneur has replaced and upgraded 250 of the footbridges in the rural areas of the Mekong Delta.

Smile House in Hoi An town brings smiles to the faces of people with disabilities by offering jobs, friends, and hopes for a bright future.

At least 7 endangered Sua trees have been cut down for lumber in Hanoi streets this month.

The Vietnamese embassy to Japan attended a charity fair raising relief funds for victims of the powerful earthquake and tsunami on March 11.

Suzanne Hook, 42, one of the first babies to be rescued during the Vietnam War, have come back Vietnam to support children with misfortunes.

Near-poor people in northern Vietnam are expected to receive medical insurance cards soon with financial support from the World Bank.

Any consultants wishing to work on the controversial Xayaburi Dam should use the industry’s standard “best practice”, says WWF

An 82-year-old mother in Ha Nam is struggling to earn a living and take care of a blind daughter and a mentally disabled son, both adults.

An exhibition and auction of photographs in Hanoi next week will raise funds to support a child victim of Agent Orange.

A landlord in Ha Tinh got the shock of his life when discovering two enormous sinkholes in his garden after an "explosion".

Tac Ke, the brainchild of Marc Charbit and Jean Verly, is a project to construct indoor climbing walls in orphanages in Vietnam.

The HCM City Fund for the Poor has helped raise the incomes of 103,720 poor households, or 5.68 percent of the city's population.

Nearly 100 children with harelip and cleft palate in central provinces are being provided with free check-ups and operations from May 9-13.

More than VND53 billion (USD2.53 million) and 1,000 tonnes of cement was raised for natural disasters prevention in central Vietnam.

The charity show, Vu dieu tren bien, known as Dance on the Beach, will be held on June 10 as part of the Nha Trang Sea Festival.

Trista Goldberg, an American-Vietnamese businesswoman, has spent her time and money helping Vietnamese orphans find their birth families.

Young people with disabilities will have chances to get jobs thanks to the expansion of a humanitarian vocational training centre in Hanoi.

The embassies of ASEAN member countries in Germany hosted a culinary festival to raise money for Japanese victims of the March 11 earthquake.