VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has decided to allocate 12,736 ronnes of rice from national reserves to nearly 850,000 needy people ahead of the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet) and during the between-crop period.

VOV.VN - More than 6,000 people on March 12 took part in Happy Run 2023 in Binh Dinh and Da Nang simultaneously to raise funds for needy students and orphans.

VOV.VN - The Dien Bien provincial Border Guard Command in collaboration with local authorities have held a border spring programme to support people in need to have a joyful Lunar New Year Festival.

VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV) and the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) co-hosted an online ceremony on November 5 to receive aid from the RoK in support of needy people nationwide.

VOV.VN - Over 7.3 million underprivileged people in Ho Chi Minh City, regardless of their residence, will receive VND1 million each as part of the city’s third aid package to be implemented to support needy people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Free meals are being offered to people in need in order to support them when they fight to overcome the difficulties faced during the capital’s social distancing period as part of the country’s COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the hardest hit locality by COVID-19, has debuted social welfare centres in District 5, 7 and 12 in an effort to provide essential items to needy people during the ongoing social distancing period.

Close to 1 million free meals worth VND15 billion (US$653,274) have so far been offered to disadvantaged people who are affected by COVID-19 across 28 provinces and cities nationwide since April.