VOV.VN - Vietnamese dancer Quang Dang have joined children in a UNICEF-funded video to raise public awareness of climate change and the need for greater environmental protection.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese dancer Quang Dang have joined children in a UNICEF-funded video to raise public awareness of climate change and the need for greater environmental protection.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on November 13 officially launched a dance challenge on social media to promote World Children’s Day (November 20) and raise public awareness of climate change and the environment.

HeartBeat Vietnam, VinaCapital Foundation (VFC)’s healthcare programme, has funded 8,000 life-saving operations for disadvantaged children with congenital heart defects in Vietnam since the programme was launched in 2006.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Country Director of Save the Children on behalf of the Disaster Management Group have issued the 2020 Vietnam flood response plan to raise US$40 million to provide assistance for 177,000 of the most vulnerable flood-affected people hard hit in the central region.

VOV.VN - It is vital to teach children about balanced diets whilst giving them necessary education on nutrition in order to allow them to develop healthy eating habits that can ultimately contribute to their comprehensive development.

A photo contest honouring good deeds for children was launched by the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organisation’s Council, UNICEF Vietnam, and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU)’s Central Committee on October 14.

An event to highlight outstanding examples in a campaign responding to the global environmental challenge “Red Alert - Earth Can’t Wait” launched by global organisation Save the Children took place in Hanoi on October 4, with more than 300 participants.

VOV.VN - Local authorities and philanthropists across the country have come together to organise Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations specifically for underprivileged children, offering them an array of festive gifts whilst putting on unique art performances for them to enjoy.

VOV.VN - Border guards stationed in Huong Hoa district in the central province of Quang Tri have put on a Full Moon Festival specifically for deprived children who live in the area close to the nation’s border with Laos to enjoy.