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Over 100 disadvantaged children from the south-western provinces gained a wealth of experiences while attending a summer camp in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province, from June 6-10.

As many as 55 disadvantaged children from 11 provinces and cities gathered in Hanoi on May 30 where they met with State officials and donors.

Entertainment centres in HCM City offered new shows last weekend on the occasion of the International Day for Children (June 1).

The southern province of Binh Duong, dubbed as an industrial locality, strives to keep the rate among disadvantaged children under 16 years old at below four percent in the period from 2016 to 2020.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) and the US company Procter & Gamble (P&G) will bring clean water to children in disadvantaged localities.

Vietnamese and US doctors are joining in a humanitarian orthopedic surgery programme in Hanoi with a view to assisting less privileged children with deformities.

Forty-five poor students from the ethnic minority Khmer group in the southern province of An Giang received scholarships from Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund at a ceremony on March 2.

Chief Representative of the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Youssouf Abdel Jelil visited Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin victims in the central city of Da Nang on February 23.

The Zhishan Foundation on January 26 granted scholarships totaling over 560 million VND (25,077 USD) to 920 poor students with good learning performance in the central province of Quang Tri.

Nearly 2.67 million USD was donated to disadvantaged children under a fund raising programme organised by the Vietnam Children Sponsor Fund (VCSF) and Vietnam Television in Hanoi on January 16.

FPT Joint Stock Company has granted 100 scholarships to students suffering from disabilities as consequence of Agent Orange/dioxin in central Quang Tri province.

Crowds of Hanoians, students and celebrities joined a run in Hanoi on December 6 to raise funds for the treatment of disadvantaged children with cancer and heart disease.

This year’s Hanoi Run for Children will take place at the main gate of the Reunification (Thong Nhat) Park, Hanoi from 8-10:00 am on December 6.

Vietnam’s traditional culinary arts fascinated foreign friends at the International Bazaar held at the UN Headquarters on November 24 to raise funds for disadvantaged children around the world.

A choral concert “Sing For Joy – Vui Ca” will take place in Hanoi Opera House on November 28, featuring eight choirs with 150 members aged from 6-60 years old, from 15 countries all over the world.

The 6th annual Charity Cycle Adventure to be held on November 27-29 will feature a three-day ride through beautiful scenery to raise funds for disadvantaged children.

A raft of disadvantaged children have benefited from the project “Comprehensive Care for Orphans, Children and Adolescents with Disabilities and Special Needs”.

Crowds of Vietnamese people in Singapore gathered at a fund-raising gala dinner to donate to the Orchid Scholarship Fund reserved for outstanding Vietnamese children in need.