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Charitable operation brings light to poor people in Thua Thien – Hue (Photo: VNA)

Charitable operation brings light to poor people in Thua Thien – Hue

Forty impoverished people in the central province of Thue Thien – Hue received free cataract surgeries under a charitable programme organised by the Hue Eye Hospital, in collaboration with the Asia - Pacific Prevention of Blindness Association (APBA), the provincial support Association for Poor Patients, and the Nam Dong district medical centre, on May 21.

NA leader pays pre-Tet visit to fishermen, needy people in Quang Binh

NA leader pays pre-Tet visit to fishermen, needy people in Quang Binh

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a working delegation on January 8 visited fishermen, beneficiaries of social welfare policies, poor people, and disadvantaged workers in the central province of Quang Binh, wishing them a joyful Lunar New Year festival (Tet) ahead.
SMS campaign to support poor people, AO/dioxin victims launched

SMS campaign to support poor people, AO/dioxin victims launched

A text message campaign to support poor people and Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims has been jointly launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Central Committee, the National Humanitarian Portal 1400 and the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel).
HCM City proposes Government provide more relief aid for poor people

HCM City proposes Government provide more relief aid for poor people

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has proposed the Government provide the city with nearly 28 trillion VND (1.2 billion USD) and 142,000 tonnes of rice to assist poor people and labourers during the period of social distancing under the Prime Minister’s Directive No. 16.
HCM City to give extra financial aid to pandemic-hit residents

HCM City to give extra financial aid to pandemic-hit residents

Ho Chi Minh City will give extra financial aid to poor people who are being severely affected by extended social distancing order imposed to stamp out the COVID-19 pandemic, Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, said at a conference on August 5.
Flood-affected people in Quang Nam receive support from donors

Flood-affected people in Quang Nam receive support from donors

More than 1,500 poor people, of which 1,000 were children, in flood-affected Nam Tra My district of central Quang Nam province received free examinations and medicine in a joint-health care charity programme by the Da Nang-Hoan My Hospital and VinaCapital Foundation.
Khanh Hoa donates rice to needy people during Tet

Khanh Hoa donates rice to needy people during Tet

The People’s Committee of central Khanh Hoa province has agreed to provide over 870 tonnes of rice for more than 58,000 poor people during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the biggest holiday in Vietnam.
Movitel to implement WB sub-projects in Mozambique

Movitel to implement WB sub-projects in Mozambique

Movitel, Viettel Group's joint venture in Mozambique, has been chosen as one of partners for a World Bank (WB) project to improve living standards and access to financial packages for the poor in rural and remote areas in the African country.
Disadvantaged people supported to enjoy Tet holiday

Disadvantaged people supported to enjoy Tet holiday

Ministries and localities nationwide have been implementing various programmes to help people from disadvantaged backgrounds enjoy the Lunar New Year, the biggest and most important holiday in Vietnam.
Indonesia works to reduce poverty rate

Indonesia works to reduce poverty rate

The poverty rate in Indonesia declined to 9.8 percent, or nearly 26 million people, of the total population in March 2018 from 10.64 percent, or nearly 27.8 million people, in 2017, according to Indonesia’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS).