The Sunflower Festival, the 12th of its kind, is among activities to mark the 12th year of the “Thuy’s Dream” programme held by the Vietnam Youth Union in coordination with the Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

The Sunflower Festival on December 15 raised 1.5 billion VND for children with cancer in Vietnam.

The Thuy’s Dream programme for children with cancer is named after Le Thanh Thuy – a high school girl known and admired for her long fight against bone cancer prior to her death on November 2, 2007.

More than 3,000 people participated in the charity walk at the festival. For each participant, the Nutifood company donated 50,000 VND to help children cancer patients.

The programme also presented 160 scholarships to children who returned to school after treatment, and 1,000 gifts to children who are receiving treatment at 10 hospitals in HCM City, Da Nang, Thua Thien-Hue and Hanoi.

People can participate in the fund raising campaign via Facebook by drawing or making paper sunflowers with messages of wishes for children with cancer written on the works, before uploading the photos of them on Facebook with the hashtags #ngayhoihoahuongduong2019.

After 12 editions, the “Thuy’s Dream” programme has raised more than 45 billion VND for children with cancer.

More than 500,000 people receive free screenings for colorectal cancer

More than 500,000 people in Hanoi have received free screenings for bowel and gastrointestinal cancer since March 2017, according to the municipal Health Department. 

A touching C-section for pregnant woman with terminal cancer

Diagnosed with breast cancer at 12 weeks of pregnancy, Nguyen Thi L. (28 years old, from Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province) was still determined to remain healthy to give birth to her child. The C-section to deliver the baby at week 31 was successful, with the tears of the doctors and L.’s family on May 22.

Hospital K, UK partners work to improve cancer treatment

Over 300,000 Vietnamese patients are struggling with cancer, said Director of the Vietnam National Cancer Hospital (Hospital K) Tran Van Thuan during a conference on scientific research and training cooperation between Hospital K and UK partners on April 16. 

Children’s beloved cartoon charactors to perform in VN

The beloved Dou-PinkFong and Baby Shark are coming to HCM City, offering local children a chance to sing and dance with the popular characters.

People run to donate for disadvantaged children

The Hanoi Run for Children 2019 took place at the main gate of the Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi on December 8.

Source: VNA