Imbued with the strong Confucian ethic of filial piety and the tradition of ancestor worship, we Vietnamese typically take our duties towards our parents and the elderly very seriously.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A dance show aiming to raise funds for the programme Thien Nhan and Friends will be staged by 30 Vietnamese youth dancers in Friday night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – On a hot Sunday morning, Dinh Nguyen Tuan Tu was so absorbed in perfecting his moves on a football field in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District that he lost track of time.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam has made significant progress in saving children’s lives, getting children into school and lifting people out of poverty, but this progress has been neither even nor fair, 

Tran Thieu Quang points at his ears and say “ears”, and his students repeat the word. It seems to be part of an English class as usual. But in reality, Quang is a 14-year-old teacher. His students are aged 10-20 and have mental disabilities.

A community event called the Teddy Bear Festival 2015 to encourage people to express their feelings towards their beloved ones and disadvantaged people will open at the Crescent Mall in HCM City's Phu My Hung Urban Area this Sunday.

The 2015 Viet Nam Off-road Cup, a two day off-road car race, will take place this weekend. Cars will begin and end the race at the Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo, Son Tay, Ha Noi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Department of Education and Training hopes to increase average classroom space to 6-8sq.m for each school student this year by reducing the number of children per class.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Disadvantaged children in remote mountainous areas are seeing new worlds open thanks to more than 160,000 books donated to a project called Bookshelves for Entertainment and Education.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Traveling on a motorbike has become popular among many young people in Vietnam in recent years. Each person has his or her own reason to go on such a trip

 VietNamNet Bridge – Saigon Children’s Charity will host a Charity Cycle Adventure featuring a three-day cycling ride across some of Vietnam’s most beautiful sceneries from November 28 to 30.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – Hong Kong TV stars Ron Ng and Tavia Yeung will come to HCMC next month to join a series of cultural exchanges and charity auctions.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Entertainers of HCM City's leading drama troupe, IDECAF, believe that both young and old alike can enjoy musical dramas created for children.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Film director Viet Dang believes that films can help audiences change their lifestyle and way of thinking in a positive manner.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Disadvantaged children and their demands for education have drawn the attention of many delegates at a recent workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.

VietNamNet Bridge – Two works of the well-known Spanish painter Picasso will come under the hammer during the Impressionist and Modern Art Sale in Paris on June 6 to raise funds for disadvantaged children in Vietnam.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When my colleague asked me to meet a monk who had painted hundreds of paintings, I was dubious. I'm not a big fan of paintings – and I doubted how good the art of an untrained monk would be.

 Management on bird flu to be strengthened; Forum on workers’ right to information; HSBC supports disadvantaged children; Illegal timber chopping boards intercepted