The full amount has been transferred directly into Chin’s personal bank account. The donation was raised through the newspaper’s charity programme after it reported on the family’s hardship.
Nguyen Hoang Loi, Deputy Secretary of the Standing Committee of Xuan Lanh Commune Party Committee (second from left), and a Dantri reporter present a symbolic cheque for VND 163,974,592 (USD 6,431) to Chin's family on February 13 (Photo: My Linh).
Chin, 76, has spent years caring for his three disabled sons. One has been paralysed since childhood, another lives with severe mental illness and often wanders, while the third suffers from serious diabetes and has lost a leg.
The family’s home has deteriorated badly, with termite-damaged wooden beams, stained walls and a rotting tiled roof. During heavy rain, water leaks throughout the house, severely affecting daily life.
Chin and his eldest son, who has been paralysed since childhood (Photo: Trung Thi).
The four-member household mainly relies on a monthly social allowance of VND 2.25 million. The state has also provided a breeding cow to support Chin’s livelihood. His greatest wish, he said, was to receive help repairing the house so the family could escape constant leaks and unsafe conditions.
“This is an incredibly large and meaningful amount for my family,” Chin said. “I’m truly overjoyed. I plan to rebuild the house so my children can live in a safer and more decent place, because the old one has deteriorated seriously.”
The dilapidated house where Chin and his three children live (Photo: Trung Thi).
On behalf of his family, he thanked Dantri readers and donors in Vietnam and abroad for their compassion and support.
Nguyen Hoang Loi, deputy permanent secretary of the Xuan Lanh Commune Party Committee, who joined the visit, expressed appreciation for the charitable gesture, saying the donation would help Chin’s family build a new home and stabilise their lives.