COMMUNITY

A couple in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak are in desperate need of financial support to cover hospital treatment after a traffic accident which killed their son and left them with serious injuries.

Teachers and children at a nursery school in Phu Tho District are calling for financial support to help build better classrooms.

The 12th Swing for the Kids 2018 charity golf tournament raised a 12-year record VND1.8bn (USD72,000) for disadvantaged children.

The southern province of Dong Nai is among 13 localities that have received assistance from the US’ AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) in giving healthcare services to prisoners living with HIV/AIDS.

A project to enhance awareness of children with autism is expected to be of benefit to about 4,000 Vietnamese children suffering from the disorder over the next five years.

A poor young woman in Ha Tinh Province is calling for financial support to help treat her 10-month-old child who is struggling with rare cancer.

A disabled young man from HCM City spent nearly 300 days on walking more than 2,000 kilometres to Hanoi to register for organ donation.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has provided more than 170 million USD in financial support for Vietnam’s efforts in HIV/AIDS prevention over the last two decades.

DTiNews readers have donated a total VND285.5 million (USD12,954) for a poor ethnic minority girl in Ha Giang Province who is struggling with retinoblastoma.

Dantri/DTiNews has transferred over VND103m (USD4,500) to support a poor family in HCM City to treat the ill mother and the small son.

As many as 520 wheelchairs worth 1.53 billion VND (67,100 USD) donated by US organisation “Giving it back to kids” have been presented to the disabled and orphans in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

The father and his 10-year-old daughter in Ha Giang Province who are both suffering from leukaemia have received nearly VND1bn (USD44,000) from Dantri/DTiNews reader after their story was published.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society will launch the Humanitarian Month in May, with the aim of supporting 50,000 to 70,000 disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

The construction of the 14th Dantri/DTiNews bridge in Tra Vinh Province has been started to help local people.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 7 held a meeting in response to Vietnam’s Voluntary Blood Donation Day, attracting the participation of over 1,500 military officers, officials, students and locals.

An ill four-year-old boy from Tay ethnic minority group in Bac Giang Province is in need of financial support to help cover medical treatment after his father died and his mother abandoned him.

The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) on April 4 announced the Ministry of Health’s decision to set up a national blood centre under the institute.

A poor man in the central province of Ha Tinh is calling for financial support to help his ailing children after his wife’s death.

41-year-old Dang Van Dieu in Phu Tho Province who was born with muscular atrophy in both legs has continued to support his ill daughter and wife.