The Ba Ria-Vung Tau-based private charitable fund Le An has sent 100 million VND as donations to people in Haiti which was recently devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

In their own move, artists from various countries such as Britain , Canada , New Zealand , and the US , will perform in Hanoi on Feb. 4 to raise funds for these victims.

Joining with the global efforts to help Haitian victims, last month, the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) sent 20,000 USD in initial assistance to Haitian victims, while the Vietnamese government donated 50,000 USD.

According to Haitian President Rene Preval, nearly 170,000 people had died in the earthquake that hit his country on Jan. 12./.