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The southern province of Bac Lieu has taken measures to care for children living in extremely difficult circumstances over the past three years through a community-based project.

The Vietnam Children’s Fund presented cash scholarships and 200 gifts, each worth 1 million VND, and 500,000 VND, respectively, to needy children in My Hao district, Hung Yen province on December 24.

A charity concert where orphan children give “music, love and hope” to the community will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on December 2.

A book reviewing a 25-year charity house project run by a Swedish woman for underprivileged children in Vietnam has been launched in Hanoi at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.

As the continuation of its efforts to assist underprivileged students across Vietnam, Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd on September 5 presented 140 bicycles to secondary and high-school students in the northern province of Bac Giang.

The capital city of Hanoi has targeted that 98 percent of local underprivileged children will receive assistance and protection between now and 2020.

The East Meets West organisation offered scholarships totalling 13.8 billion VND (168,102 USD) to nearly 3,000 underprivileged students nationwide in the 2015-2016 academic year.

Scholarships were presented to 200 less privileged children in central Phu Yen and Quang Ngai provinces on March 16 to help them continue their studies.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan and representatives from the Vietnam Red Cross on February 3 visited and presented gifts to poor families and victims of Agent Organce (AO)/dioxin in Thai Binh province.

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.

A programme offering free check-ups and surgeries to underprivileged children suffering from heart disease is underway in Hanoi from January 18 to 22, according to Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper.

Construction began on a Vietnam-funded hospital in Laos’ northern province of Houaphan on January 3.

The Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corporation handed over 1.04 billion VND (45,760 USD) to the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region with the aim to support poor people in the region.

At least 193.1 trillion VND (8.7 billion USD) will be allocated for new-style rural area building in the 2016-2020 period.

The Australian Vietnamese Golf Association (AVGA) has raised more than 12,350 AUD (roughly 8,860 USD) for disadvantaged children in mountainous areas in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh asked ministries and branches to quadruple central budget allocations to disadvantaged border, island and coastal communes for the building of new-style rural areas.

The central city of Da Nang will shake hands with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to implement three projects in the city between 2016 and 2018.

A project set up by a group of students in Hanoi collects leftover food from hotels and restaurants and donates it to underprivileged hospital patients and others living in the city's slums.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan awarded “Accompanying children to school” scholarships to 130 underprivileged children in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on September 14.