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Aid packages worth 15 billion VND (650,000 USD) will be sent out before the end of January, with 1,000 tonnes of rice being presented to 50,000 poor households in 54 cities and provinces nationwide prior to the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of central Binh Thuan province and the provincial Military Command held a gathering with local religious dignitaries and exemplars of ethnic groups on January 6.

A delegation of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL), led by its President Nguyen Dinh Khang, on November 5 presented 500 million VND (21,600 USD) to residents who were affected by recent floods in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Hundreds of rowing-lovers from Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP) and kayak clubs nationwide have flocked to Meo Vac district in the northern province of Ha Giang, to take part in a rowing competition at Tu San canyon, which is believed to be the deepest canyon in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Central Committee on October 26 launched a text message campaign to call for public support for flood victims in the central region.

The seventh edition of a football tournament of Vietnamese youth in Laos - Vientiane Cup 2020 - kicked off in Laos’ Vientiane capital on September 5, with the participation of nine teams.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Ngo Duc Manh sent a letter on April 16 (local time), calling for joint efforts of the community in the host country in the fight against the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.

A number of charity groups founded by the Vietnamese community in Malaysia called on the public to make donations so as to provide relief aid to disadvantaged people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on April 10 handed over 100 billion VND (4.3 million USD) to support the health sector in the fight against COVID -19 pandemic in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has raised over 282 billion VND (over 12 million USD) since its fundraising campaign was launched on March 17.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 18 called on Vietnamese people, firms and agencies both at home and overseas to continue providing relief for disadvantaged people living in far-flung islands and areas as well as those affected by natural disasters and Agent Orange/dioxin.

Relief aid has been presented to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Cambodia and local people victimised by recent floods in the three hardest-hit provinces of Kampong Cham, Kratie and Stung Treng.

The 16 winners of the Vietnam Heritage Photo Award 2017 were honoured at an award ceremony on November 21.

The Vietnamese nationals in the Macau Special Administrative Region (China) held a meeting on October 22 to celebrate the 87th anniversary of Vietnam Women’s Day (October 20).

The Paris-based Companion Fund has presented 3,124 scholarships worth a total 260,000 EUR to students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Vietnamese universities during 15 years of operation.

It is necessary to build an annual long-term fundraising programme to promptly support people affected by natural disasters, heard a conference held by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee.

The Day for the Poor campaign raised 461 billion VND (20.9 million USD) in the first nine months of the year, participants at a conference in Hanoi heard on October 12.

As many as 2,000 breeding cows are to be donated to thousands of needy families in the northern province of Lao Cai by the end of 2015.