Charity

Dantri/DTiNews has transferred VND246m (USD10,600) in donations to support a young girl with heart disease in HCM City. Donation transferred to Nhu's family 13-year-old Nguyen Quynh Nhu said she was sad when her friends were able to go to school but she had to be admitted to hospital. "I just want to be healthy so I can learn to be a doctor," she said. Nhu had had Takayasu's arteritis, a form of large vessel granulomatous vasculitis with massive intimal fibrosis and vascular narrowing. In 2016, after getting treatment for vascular narrowing, she suffered from heart failure and was transferred to Cho Ray Hospital. Nhu's father abandoned their family when she was six months old. Her mother went to work in Binh Duong Province and remarried four years ago. Nhu is staying with her grandparents in a charity house built by local authorities. Each month, her mother sends them VND500,000 (USD21.54) to VND1m. They had to borrow VND10m from the black market and had no idea how to pay … [Read more...] about Over VND246m donated to teenager with heart disease

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City (CanCham) has announced the 2018 Terry Fox Run Vietnam and its t-shirt launch. This is the 22nd holding of the annual non-competitive charity event and will take place on November 18 in the context of the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Canada. CanCham to hold annual non-competitive charity event in HCMC on November 18. Photo: CanCham Last year, the Terry Fox Run (TFR) Vietnam was the largest Terry Fox Run in the world for the second consecutive year, with more than 20,000 participants and donors. It’s CanCham’s largest annual CSR event in Vietnam, and it’s very proud to have held the run in Vietnam for more than two decades. All donations raised are directed to supporting an international pediatric oncology hematology program in Vietnam, supporting the children’s hospital network in Vietnam via the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Ho Chi Minh City and international experts … [Read more...] about Terry Fox Run 2018 on horizon

Canadian Navy officers have visited children affected by Agent Orange in the central city of Danang during a tour to the city.  HMCS Calgary ship and the Royal Canadian Navy MV Asterix commercial container ship arrived at Tien Sa Port of Danang on September 26, starting a five-day trip to Vietnam.   This morning, September 27, the officials visited and provided presents for children with disabilities, Agent Orange/dioxin victims and poor children as well as students of Phan Chau Trinh School.  Commanding Officer of the HMCS Calgary Blair Saltel also presented the ship badge for the centre   The presents include toys and school things  The officers paint pictures with the children  The officers also play football with the children  They also re-painted the centre walls and collected rubbish … [Read more...] about Canadian Navy officers visit AO children in Danang

Three men in the central province of Quang Tri have jointly set up a cemetery for deceased abandoned babies. The cemetery located by National Highway 9D which runs through Dong Ha City is voluntarily formed by Vo Huu Hanh, 39, and his two close friends Hoang Van Ha, 35, and Hoang Chung, 37.  The three men burn incense for deceased abandoned babies Hanh said that since being opened by late 2017, the site is home to 30 aborted fetuses. Following the family’s support, Hanh tried to find a suitable place for the cemetery and his two friends joined him. After understanding the men’s good deed, people in Dieu Ngao Village, Dong Ha City, agreed to give part of the locality’s cemetery to the men for building an area for burying aborted babies. A signboard is installed at the cemetery, saying that it is for burying abandoned babies without collecting any kinds of fee. The men’s phone number is also published there. People can bring the dead … [Read more...] about Cemetery for abandoned fetuses

Authorities in a commune in Soc Trang Province have been found putting donated money from a housing project for low-income households into a high-interest savings account. Since July last year, authorities of Phong Nam Commune in Soc Trang have called on money donations to help poor local households to build their houses. To date, the money has reached over VND1 billion (USD45,454). Of the sum, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The, former party secretary of Soc Trang Province contributed VND500 million (USD22,727) and VND50 million was from Hau Giang Lottery Company. The commune has used VND100 million out of the total to build two houses for two households, while the remainder of VND1 billion has been deposited at a bank. The deposit has been divided into two savings books with the term of six months and three months. Interest on the savings books has already reached VND21 million (USD954.54). Nguyen Huu Nghia in Phong Phu Village was among the households on the list to receive … [Read more...] about Donated funds for poor housing put into high-interest account