COMMUNITY

The European Commission has provided 200,000 euro ($237,000) in humanitarian aid funding to assist the worst-affected communities from Typhoon Damrey, which wreaked havoc across large parts of Vietnam’s central and south-central regions in early November.

The US Ambassador in Vietnam, H.E. Daniel J. Kritenbrink, has just launched Phase II of the Enhanced Capacity of the Vietnam Red Cross project on behalf of the US Government.

A family in Can Tho City is in need of help to treat their son suffering from heart diseases who weighs only 12kg despite being 10 years old.

Dantri/DTiNews and donors have started construction of classrooms and rooms for teachers in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.

Biopharmaceutical firm supporting Vietnamese children with heart disease and providing scholarships to local students.

Japan's Shinnyo-en Buddhist organisation continues to co-operate with Vietnam Fund for Learning Promotion and Dantri/DTiNews Newspaper to open a new building for disadvantaged pupils in Thai Nguyen Province.

Save the Children has launched a communication campaign, entitled Every Last Child, with a focus on nutrition for ethnic minority children in Vietnam.

A poor student in the central province of Ha Tinh who is suffering from bone cancer is in desperate need of the support.

A workshop to improve the performance of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Vietnam has taken place at the Vietnamese House in Washington DC.

UNICEF and eleven factories in Vietnam’s footwear and apparel sector launched the “Children’s Rights in the Workplace Program for Footwear and Apparel Manufacturers” last week to look specifically at improving the wellbeing of children, working parents, and young workers.

Dan Tri has transferred VND186 million (VND8,100) in reader donations to a man and his son who are both suffering from cancer in Vinh Phuc Province.

A two-year-old boy in the northern province of Ha Nam is in desperate need of help after his mother died. He is currently being looked after by his poor and ailing maternal grandparents.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide VND1 trillion (US$44 million) for localities affected by Typhoon Damrey that hit south central provinces early this month.

More than 1,000 people are expected to run with visually-impaired people around Hoàn Kiếm Lake on Sunday, December 3.

A poor man in the central province of Nghe An is calling on help for his wife who is on the verge of death, leaving their little baby thirsty for breast milk.

The United Nations (UN) has approved an aid of over US$4 million to Vietnam to overcome severe consequences caused by typhoon Damrey.

An ill man in An Giang Province is calling for financial support to help treat his three-year-old daughter who is suffering from leukaemia after his wife died of throat cancer.

The 10th Sunflower Charity Day hosted by Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper will take place in HCM City and Hanoi on November 26.

A 28-year-old man in Hai Duong Province is in desperate need of financial support to treat his wife and son who are both suffering from cancer.