After consulting Huong’s wishes, authorities selected a plot within a planned residential area, close to the place where the four children are currently staying.
Funding for the land and construction will come partly from donations by readers of Dantri Newspaper, combined with contributions from the Lam Dong Sponsorship Association, Tan Hoi Commune authorities and various organisations and benefactors.
Nguyen Van Luc, head of the Lam Dong Sponsorship Association, said a supervisory council would be established to manage the donated funds from Dantri’s charity programme.
The council will oversee the use of the funds to ensure transparency and that the support is used for the children’s intended needs.
Leaders of the Lam Dong Provincial Sponsorship Association and local authorities of Tan Hoi Commune discuss housing options with Ha Thi My Huong (Photo: Minh Hau).
Ha Thi My Huong lives with her siblings in a borrowed, dilapidated house in Tan Hoi Commune. Her father, Ha Van Ot, died at the age of 38 in a traffic accident three years ago while returning from construction work. Her mother, Nguyen Thi Yen Ha, 44, had relied on low-paid farm jobs to support the family, forcing Huong to leave school to help care for her younger siblings.
In late 2025, her mother suffered a psychological crisis and left home. Since then, Huong has become the sole provider, earning about VND 150,000 (USD 5.80) per day from manual work in local vegetable gardens.
Nguyen Thi My Le, a distant relative, has become the family’s main support. She has allowed the children to stay in her old house and occasionally provides rice, food and small amounts of money.
Ha Thi My Huong wishes for land and a new house near the old house of a relative where the children are currently staying (Photo: Minh Hau).
The newspaper published her story on March 26. Following the appeal, readers sent more than VND 4.54 billion (approximately USD 173,000) to the newspaper’s donation account. Huong has since asked for the fundraising to stop so that support can be directed to other people in need.
Because she is still a minor, and with her father dead and her mother no longer at home, Dantri reporters met Huong, local officials from Tan Hoi Commune and representatives of the Lam Dong Sponsorship Association to agree a plan for receiving and managing the money transparently and for the proper benefit of the four children.
Under the agreement, the donations will be placed in a savings account in Huong’s name. The Lam Dong Sponsorship Association will manage the account, under the supervision of relevant authorities, until she reaches adulthood.
Interest from the deposit will be transferred each month to help cover living and education costs for Huong and her siblings.
If the children need a large sum for medical treatment, medicines or other essential spending, the authorities will review the circumstances and coordinate the withdrawal of funds for the proper purpose.
Since Dantri published her story, benefactors have also travelled to see the family, offering visits, encouragement and gifts.
Huong said the siblings had directly received money, along with rice, instant noodles and other essentials. Donors have also given them an electric bicycle, desks and chairs for study, and clothes to help stabilise their lives.