Eighteen cooperatives with 70 households engaging in cow breeding and 14 households specialising in beekeeping in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh have benefited from a livelihood support project financed by Samaritan’s Purse International Relief (SPIR) – a US non-profit organisation (NGO).
Runners from nationwide will be competing in the Kon Chu Rang Half Marathon, held in a UNESCO-recognised world biosphere reserve, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on May 12, calling for donations to support conservation activities and poor families in the region.
Vietnam had more than 1.58 million poor and nearly-poor households in 2023, representing approximately 5.71% of the total population, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
VOV.VN - A number of hospitals based in Ho Chi Minh City have organised various charity programmes, including zero-dong markets, in an effort to help patients and their families who have to spend their Tet in hospital.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Food Administration under the Ministry of Health has recently released warnings about food safety hazards to people during the coming lunar New Year holiday (Tet).
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 - Dozens of 37 flights on route to Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport were forced to either be diverted or delayed as a result of thick fog on the morning of February 2.
VOV.VN - A leader of the Vietnam Football Federation has affirmed that chief coach Philippe Troussier will still be in the hot seat despite the Vietnamese side’s poor performance at the AFC Asian Cup 2023 in Qatar.
VOV.VN - A group of 40 young volunteers from the Republic of Korea have recently engaged in a number of charities in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, including building four houses for the poor in the locality.
VOV.VN - The Youth Workers Support Center of Ho Chi Minh City organised a mass wedding ceremony for 82 couples of workers on October 20 in celebration of Vietnamese Women's Day.