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Vietnam on natural disasters relief: Children - the agent of change
16:01 | 19/05/2017
(VNF) - Child-centered disaster risk reduction is the key topic discussed throughout the conference on final review of Vietnam’s efforts in emergency response on drought and salt water intrusion took place in Hanoi on Thursday.
Ho Chi Minh City schoolchildren to get free milk from this year
16:01 | 17/05/2017
Ho Chi Minh City schoolchildren up to second grade will from this year be given a free carton of milk every day as part of a scheme to improve children’s health.
Vietnam joins Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, donates to Syrian children
09:25 | 15/05/2017
Vietnam's pavilion attracting tourists. Photo: Vietnam+
Flying eye hospital provides treatment for children in Vietnam
14:39 | 12/05/2017
The 2017 Orbis Flying Eye Hospital Programme was launched in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from May 8th-19th with the two main partners of Can Tho Eye and Odonto- Stomatology Hospital and Pediatrics Hospital.
National fund raises USD 241.8 million helping disadvantaged children
16:01 | 05/05/2017
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) has raised over VND 5.5 trillion (USD 241.8 million) over the past 25 years and thousands of tonnes of gifts for some 30 million disadvantaged children, contributing to achieving millennium development goals and sustainable development goals set by the United Nations.
The elderly, children in HCM City advised to stay in, avoid outside heat
10:41 | 20/04/2017
Doctors have urged the elderly and children in Ho Chi Minh City to stay out of the heat as temperatures have climbed in recent days.
Assistance offered to more than 30 million children
15:03 | 19/04/2017
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) has mobilised more than VND5.5 trillion (US$243.3 million), goods and volunteers to support some 30 million children across the country.
Prosecutors want changes in law, investigation methods to handle sexual abuse of children
14:27 | 29/03/2017
The Surpreme People’s Procuracy, the nation’s premier prosecuting agency, has requested changes in the Penal Code to facilitate investigations into and legal proceedings against child sex abuse suspects.
Smiling week for cleft lips & palates children kicks start
10:12 | 21/03/2017
Operation Smile is an international children's medical charity that performs safe, effective cleft lip and cleft palate surgery, and delivers postoperative and ongoing medical therapies to children in low and middle income countries.
Charity event to be held in German Embassy to raise funds for children
10:03 | 21/03/2017
Under the patronage of Ambassador of the Embassy of Germany, Christian Berger, the Schocker Club Hanoi and Youth with a Mission Mercy Vietnam (YWAM) will hold a fund raising event on April 1st (11:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.), at German Embassy (29 Tran Phu Str., Hanoi).
US Friendship Force delegation visits AO children
10:46 | 20/03/2017
The delegation from the Club of Friendship Force of San Diego County led by Ms. Brenda Pearson, Director of the club’s Exchange Programme, had a visit to the Vietnam Friendship Village in Van Canh commune, Hoai Duc district, Hanoi on March 19th.
Children protected from sexual abuse
15:37 | 17/03/2017
The recent increase of child sexual abuse cases has raised public concern, which requires authorities to enforce children’s rights and scrutinise the implementation of signed international conventions to ensure the protection of children’s rights in particular and human rights.
Needy children in Ninh Bình receive free heart checkups
15:44 | 13/03/2017
Nearly 200 deprived children in the northern province of Ninh Binh were provided free cardiac examinations and consultancies by doctors from the National Heart Institute and provincial obstetrics and paediatrics hospital on March 12th.
Ill man 'fathers' 71 children in Vietnam's Central Highlands
09:35 | 10/03/2017
In a remote coffee-growing village in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, an unmarried man has been raising 71 orphaned children out of love and compassion for nearly a decade, despite his own financial hardship and illness.
Da Nang appreciates supports of SOS Children’s Villages International
15:02 | 17/02/2017
Da Nang hopes the SOS Children’s Villages International will provide more assistance for underprivileged children in Da Nang city and the neighbouring province of Quang Nam.
