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Hanoi earmarks $28.2m for the poor amid COVID-19 pandemic

Hanoi will earmark VND650 billion (US$28.2 million) to help poor and other social beneficiaries via the local branch of Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHO to help bring cheap biosimilar cancer drugs to poor

The World Health Organization is to launch a pilot project this year to assess cheap copies of expensive biotech cancer drugs in a bid to make such medicines more widely available in poorer countries.

Gandhi says growth in 'beehive' India must help poor

 Rahul Gandhi, often described as India's prime minister-in-waiting, said in a keynote address designed to raise his profile that the poor must see the benefits of economic growth.

Cross-country motorbike odyssey aims to help poor

VietNamNet Bridge – David Seton, a New Zealander now living in Viet Nam, will lead a team of 15 on a 2,000km motorcycle journey across the country to raise money for healthcare.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 18/1

 Doctor of medicine top career choice for children; Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos increase transport cooperation; WHO: Quinvaxem vaccine safe to use; Contaminated groundwater blamed for commune cancer