Summer volunteers organise activities for disadvantaged children

The HCM City summer youth volunteer campaign this year has provided a number of activities to care for children in all 24 districts, with total mobilised capital of nearly VNĐ1 billion (US$43,150).

Students support Ơ Đu ethnic minorities

The Ơ Đu are one of the five smallest ethnic minority groups in Việt Nam. Ơ Đu people have their own language, culture and customs, but these are in danger of being lost.

Singer spreads love and hope through charitable fund

Singer Trọng Tấn is one of the nation’s top male vocalists, a leading singer of revolution-themed songs and a lecturer at the Việt Nam Academy of Music. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't stopped him launching a charity fund called Tình Nghệ Sĩ (Love from Artists) to engage more artists nationwide in social works. He talks to Minh Thu about the plan.

Hà Nội Red Cross gives free food to poor people affected by COVID-19 Hà Nội’s Red Cross Society will offer presents including cash and free food from April 15 to 25 to poor people affected by COVID-19.

Teacher spends young days on supporting poor people Poor residents in remote areas in western Quảng Trị Province consider teacher Lý Chí Thành as their family members thanks to his volunteer work for them.

Professor Sĩ Đức Quang proves if you're old enough, you're good enough

Sĩ Đức Quang, 38, from the Hà Nội National University of Education, was the youngest person to become a professor in Viet Nam this year. The maths professor talks with Hà Nguyễn about his upbringing and his love for maths.

In the footsteps of her father, US woman lends a hand to war victims1

Susan Hammond, an American, first set foot in Việt Nam 27 years ago, on a vacation she had planned with the hope of learning more about the country where her father spent time during the war.

Farmer builds 300 free houses for poor people

For fourteen years, Trương Văn Kiểm has helped hundreds of poor households have durable and safe homes.

A café for contributors

On the first Saturday of every month, reporters and journalists in the central province of Quảng Ngãi gather for a familiar activity – drinking coffee, contributing to the charity fund of a programme called “A cup of coffee worth VNĐ50,000.”

Food donations warm hearts of recipients Members of the Ha Noi Food Rescue (HFR) have transported more than 15,000 packets of leftover food from hotels and restaurants to the underprivileged, disabled and patients in areas of Ha Noi.