3,400 runners to compete in sixth Vietnam Mountain Marathon
Some 3,400 runners from around the world will compete in the Vietnam Mountain Marathon which is about to return to Sa Pa, Lao Cai this September.
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Some 3,400 runners from around the world will compete in the Vietnam Mountain Marathon which is about to return to Sa Pa, Lao Cai this September.
Eighty-three children with cleft lip and palate in the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands will receive free health check-ups and surgeries as part of the Operation Smile Vietnam programme.
A programme providing free screenings and operations for children with cleft lip, cleft palate was held at the General Hospital of the central coastal province of Phu Yen from June 22-26.
The first ever Hanoi International Marathon will take place on April 14 next year, its organising board announced during a press conference in the capital city on June 14.
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha visited and presented gifts to children who are receiving treatment for cleft lip, cleft palate and odontogenic cysts on April 17.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh expressed her hope that the US organisation Operation Smile would continue providing plastic surgery for children with facial defects.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines organised a ceremony to welcome the 200 millionth passenger at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, on December 5.
The Children’s Fund in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on July 23 coordinated with the Operation Smile Vietnam to provide free examination and surgery for 140 needy people who suffer from cleft lip and cleft palate.
The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) has raised more than 5.5 trillion VND (241.8 million USD) and thousands of tonnes of gifts for some 30 million children since it was founded 25 years ago.
Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and presented gifts to children with cleft lip and palate at the Vietnam – Cuba hospital in Hanoi on April 20.
Vietnam-Cuba Hospital in collaboration with Operation Smile Vietnam launched the eponymous orthopaedic surgery programme on October 18 to help children with congenital hare-lip in the northern region.
Vietnamese craftsmen have applied traditional lacquer techniques to create a unique item – an Italian-brand scooter inlaid with eggshell.
Petr Novotny of the Cezch Republic won the 100km event at the Vietnam Mountain Marathon, which closed in Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on September 25.
Starting the new school year, fourth-graders from the Hanoi Academy primary school had a chance to join in some very interesting and meaningful activities.
The fourth Vietnam Mountain Marathon 2016, which is set to be bigger and better than ever before, will take place on September 24-25 in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and representatives from the Vietnam Children Sponsor Fund (VCSF) on June 15 presented gifts to families of children with disabilities.
Vietnamese artists and organisations donated artworks and precious objects to Vietnam Operation Smile for an auction to be held on June 18 at The Reverie Hotel.
Vietnamese and US doctors are joining in a humanitarian orthopedic surgery programme in Hanoi with a view to assisting less privileged children with deformities.
