The figure was announced at a meeting with representatives of the programme’s beneficiaries in Hanoi on May 30.

Gifts presented to disadvantaged children at the meeting.

Launched by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the programme aims to mobilise organisations, businesses and individuals to join hands in taking care of and supporting children who have been orphaned due to the Covid-19 pandemic in a sustainable manner such that they can overcome difficulties and stabilise their lives.

Under the programme, students who lost their parents due to Covid-19 will receive finances of 500,000 VND to 2 million VND per month until they are 18 years old.

At the meeting, children who have been sponsored by the programme shared about their pain in losing their loved ones due to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as their efforts to overcome the difficult situation and follow their dreams.

Hope Foundation delivers Tet gifts to Covid orphans

VnExpress’s Hope Foundation has handed around 1,500 gift packages to children whose parents succumbed to Covid-19 in southern epicenters ahead of the country's biggest holiday Tet.

Scholarships granted to 130 orphans due to the Covid-19 pandemic

An art exchange programme, themed “The journey to the forest and the sea in spring”, was held by the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund, the “For beloved Hoang Sa – Truong Sa” Club and Ho Chi Minh City Television, on January 8.

Hope Foundation to hand Tet gifts to Covid orphans

VnExpress's Hope Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to deliver 1,500 Lunar New Year gifts to Covid-19 orphans in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces.

UpRace: Running for children orphaned by Covid-19 pandemic

Participants of UpRace 2021 can choose the social organisations to contribute to from each run (with 1 km equal to VND1,000) with the aim to support disadvantaged people, especially children orphaned by Covid-19 in Vietnam.

Programme launched for children orphaned due to Covid-19

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee, in coordination with relevant agencies, launched a programme on October 3 to call for assistance to children whose parents have died of Covid-19.

Source: NDO