According to statistics, to date, more than 1,500 teenagers and children in Ho Chi Minh City have lost a parent or both parents due to Covid-19.

The programme will call for businesses and benefactors to help create a monthly support allowance of VND1 million for each child until they turn 18 years old.

VYEA Vice Chairman Dang Hong Anh said the programme will call for businesses and benefactors to help create a monthly support allowance of VND1 million for each child until they turn 18 years old.

The VYEA will also coordinate with the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Protection of People with Disabilities and Orphans to establish and update the list of cases of orphaned teenagers and children due to the Covid-19 epidemic.

As soon as the programme was launched, VYEA Chairman Dang Hong Anh registered to sponsor 7 cases of orphans due to Covid-19 in the districts of Go Vap and Binh Thanh.

Any support for the programme can be sent to the VYEA, account number 002.10.0466369, the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), with transfer content: “Name of donators - ATM Yeu thuong”.

'Lanterns light up dreams' programme connects children in 7 provinces and cities

An online programme titled Full-Moon Night, with the theme 'Lanterns light up dreams', is scheduled to be held on the evening of September 20, connecting children of seven provinces and cities across the country on the occasion of the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

Bac Giang continues “Dream on the wings” programme for poor children

(BGO)- The 6th “Dream on the wings” programme for poor children jointly held by the provincial Association for Protection of Children’s Rights, Bac Giang Newspaper, and the provincial Study Promotion Association will award scholarships to children in the districts and city in late September 2021.

Vietnamese children’s book features in New York Times, Wall Street Journal

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal both recommend 'My First Day' as one of the picture books to purchase for the new school year.

Japanese organisation aims to support more children with cancer in Vietnam

Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam met Watanabe Kazuyo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Asian Children's Care League (ACCL) on August 18.

Luc Ngan receives donated amount for impoverished children

(BGO) - The leader of Center of Industrial Encouragement and Trade Promotion (Department of Industry and Trade) in Bac Giang province on August 17 handed over 24 million VND (1,051 USD) to Luc Ngan district Fatherland Front’s Committee (FFC). The amount was sponsored by the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia to support disadvantaged children in the district.    

Source: NDO