10-year-old girl overcomes cancer with reader help
A 10-year-old girl in Hanoi has successfully combated cancer after getting donations from Dantri readers.
A 10-year-old girl in Hanoi has successfully combated cancer after getting donations from Dantri readers.
Do Khanh Huyen (left) now happy at school
Do Khanh Huyen is studying at Gia Thuong Primary School in Long Bien District. She was diagnosed with cardiac lymphoma and needed urgent treatment. In a year, their families borrowed money from relatives, neighbours, banks and black markets for hundreds of millions of VND for her treatment.
However, the money still couldn't afford Huyen's full treatment and they struggled to repay the debt. The whole family depends on VND150,000 (USD6.5) daily wages of Huyen's father at the wood workshop. Her mother was pregnant at the time so she had to quit her job.
Many readers have called and sent them gifts after reading about their situation. Nearly VND200m (USD8,600) have been donated to Huyen to help her fight cancer.
Dantri representative transferred VND104,135,000 in donations to Huyen last year.
Huyen's family receives the donation
Nguyen Thi Thuy, Huyen's mother, said, "Thanks to everyone's help that after the treatment last year, her condition became better and she could return to school. She was really happy. The school and food supplier also let me work at the canteen to better take care of her."
Tong Bich Hong, the headteacher of Class 4A3, said, "This is such a miracle. Seeing Huyen studies and plays with other children, no one can think that she is fighting cancer."
Because of difficulties, Huyen's mother said she had never dreamt of this day.
Hanoi Metro held a counter-terrorism drill on September 30, simulating hostage rescue and responses to bomb and explosive threats on the city's urban...
Geological drilling is under way to determine the cause of cracks and subsidence along a 40-metre section of the Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Expressway in Dong...
Hanoi has approved in principle a subsidised interprovincial electric bus route linking Gia Lam and Hung Yen bus stations to improve public transport...
A rare green sea turtle weighing about 70 kg has been released back into the sea in Ca Mau Province after becoming entangled in a fishing net, local...
Military search teams have recovered 666 sets of remains believed to belong to fallen Vietnamese soldiers after nearly three months of excavation at...
Flash floods and landslides have been forecast in parts of Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong provinces as heavy rain continues, according to the National Centre...
Construction crews are using controlled blasting and cutting back mountain slopes to repair two major landslide sites on National Highway 24 in Quang...
