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Lavin Home: A place to bring soul to paper in Hue City

Located on a small and quiet slope in the imperial city of Hue, Lavin Home is a paper flower making workshop founded by Le Thi Thanh Nhan to bring soul to paper while creating jobs for young disadvantaged people.

Fears for future of special needs school in central Vietnam

The founder of a charity in Vietnam who was awarded one of the UK’s highest honours for her work with disabled children fears the doors to her school may soon close forever.

Cosy Tet for everyone

The Party, State, and local administrations nationwide have organized a broad range of activities to ensure a happy Tet for people nationwide, especially disadvantaged people.

When walking is really good medicine

 VietNamNet Bridge – Five Vietnamese men ended a very long walk yesterday.They’d been on the road for 58 days after starting on August 6 from the Hoan Kiem Lake in Ha Noi.

Religious establishments contribute to social welfare and job training

 VietNamNet Bridge – Many infants have been abandoned at Ky Quang II Pagoda in HCM City’s Go Vap District which is also home to children with disabilities.

Woman gives organic waste a second life

 VietNamNet Bridge – Trinh Thi Hong wanted to find a solution for all the waste building up in her neighbourhood. Now she ferments it and turns it into affordable cleaning supplies.

US-VN artists to perform at concert celebrating VN-US ties

 VietNamNet Bridge – American maestro David Itkin and Vietnamese violinist Vu Viet Chuong will perform at a concert celebrating 20 years of diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and the US at the HCM City Opera House on Thursday.

Internet festival held in Thua Thien-Hue

VietNamNet Bridge – An internet festival took place in Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on July 15 as part of the “Improving Computer Usage and Public Internet Access in Vietnam” project.  

Charity work in a small alley

VietNamNet Bridge – Sweating in the heat of Saigon, Do Van Ut fixes a motorbike at the entrance to the alley at 96 Phan Dinh Phung Street in HCMC’s Phu Nhuan District. Next to him is a jug of ice tea.
 

Vietnam’s first tourism ambassador steps out of limelight

 VietNamNet Bridge – The model, actress and businesswoman, Ly Nha Ky, Vietnam’s first tourism ambassador, has decided to leave the Vietnamese showbiz scene in order to focus on social and charity activities.  

Fans in frenzy to see inspirational Vujicic

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dreams of meeting limbless Australian writer Nick Vujicic will come true for many Vietnamese today, May 22, when he arrives to address an expected 70,000 people in total.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 15/4

  Lao Cai Province gets largest-ever hospital; Disadvantaged people, patrons honoured in Hanoi; Helping disabled ‘noble': President; Sacombank Depot on fire

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 12/3

 US support for disadvantaged people in Thua Thien Hue; KOICA-funded water supply system comes into use; Mekong invests in schools, dormitories; Limit on university enrolment quotas