According to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS), peak dates of the month will be from May 8 (International Red Cross and Red Crescent Day) to May 19 (birthday of President Ho Chi Minh, the first Honorary President of the VRCS).

At the press conference.

A launching ceremony will be held at Ngoc Son Temple, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi on April 11.

A photo exhibition on the VRCS’s activities, a ceremony to hand over bikes to poor children with outstanding academic achievements and houses to war veterans in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, and a walk around Hoan Kiem Lake will be organised on this occasion.

First held by the VRCS in 2018, the programme aims to call for support to people in difficult circumstances and spread humanitarian activities, thus intensifying social connectivity and consolidating national strength.

The VRCS aims to assist hundreds of thousands of needy people in the month, it said.

The programme has received the enthusiastic response of people, organisations and businesses across the country, including the Vietnam Post, the Vietnam Military Industry and Telecoms (Viettel), Vietnamnet e-newspaper and Vietnam Border Guard High Command which have carried out various activities to raise fund for needy people.

The VRCS has also launched a contest to select best television documentaries featuring outstanding humanitarian models and individuals.

Entries will be sent the organizer from May 1 to October 10.

More than 400 tonnes of rice supplied for poor people in Yen Bai

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc decided to provide 404 tonnes of rice from national reserves for the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai during this year’s between-crop period.

 

Scholarships granted to poor students in coastal provinces

A ceremony to present scholarships to 110 ethnic minority students and children of poor fishing families took place in the south-central province of Binh Dinh on March 28. 

 

Over 1 billion VND supported to build humanitarian house for poor families in Yen The district

(BGO) – On March 27, the Fatherland Front Committee (FFC) in Bac Giang province coordinated with Hanoi Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital to ink a deal to build the humanitarian houses for the especially difficult families in Yen The district.

 

Charity provides free IVF treatment for poor infertile couples

For four years, Le Thi Binh and her husband tried to have a baby. But it was not until the couple received free in vitro fertilization (IVF) from a charity programme based in HCM City that their dream became a reality. 

 

Mekong Delta province provides housing land for poor households

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will allocate over 23 billion VND (1 million USD) from the local budget to provide land for nearly 700 poor families to build houses.

 

Source: VNA