A man in the southern province of Vinh Long is struggling with serious injuries and has gone blind after a traffic accident, while his family is so poor to cover the treatment. One year ago, Pham Minh Luan, 28, met with a traffic accident, causing him traumatic brain and thigh injuries. The traumatic brain injury’s complication has made him blind. Luan is struggling with serious injuries and has gone blind after a traffic accident Doctors at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City said that he needs an urgent surgery for thigh injury which cost more than VND20 million, but his family can’t afford it. Earlier, the family borrowed more than VND100 million (USD4,545) for hospital fees. Every day, Luan’s mother tries to work for a construction site to earn money while his younger brother had to leave school to care for him. Luan’s wife has come to Phu Quoc to sell noodles to earn money, so she had to send her children, one aged three and other aged two, to her own parents to be taken care of. If you can help them, please donate through: 2. No. 2/48 Giang Vo Str., Dong Da Dist., Hanoi* US Dollar Account information at MB Bank:3. Dantri/DTiNews’ representative offices
Toachieve that goal, the locality will call on individuals andorganisations to join efforts to help poor people improve their lives,thus contributing to sustainable poverty reduction, said Nguyen VanSang, Vice President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Font CentralCommittee. The money collected will be used tobuild houses for the poor, help them in production and medicaltreatment, and cover scholarships for poor students with outstandingacademic performances. In 2014, thanks to the“Day for the Poor” campaign, Vinh Long raised 33.1 billion VND,equivalent to 165.7 percent of the set target. Over 1,200 charitablehouses were built. The campaign has so far helped 3,762 households escape from…... [read more]
The southern province of Vinh Long is striving to raise 150 billion VND (7.05 million USD) from donors from inside and outside the locality for charitable activities in 2015. To achieve that goal, the locality will call on individuals and organisations to join efforts to help poor people improve their lives, thus contributing to sustainable poverty reduction, said Nguyen Van Sang, Vice President of the provincial Vietnam Fatherland Font Central Committee. The money collected will be used to build houses for the poor, help them in production and medical treatment, and cover scholarships for poor students with outstanding academic performances.…... [read more]
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a working session with authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on June 11, discussing efforts to overcome saline intrusion impacts and agricultural production restructuring. With its economy relying on agriculture, Vinh Long suffered greatly from the drought and saline intrusion during the first half of 2016. Rice yield and output in the period fell 10.6 percent year on year, while tra fish production dropped 8.3 percent, resulting in a 3.9 percent reduction in the total agro-forestry-fishery production value to 9.4 trillion VND (423 million USD). At the function,…... [read more]
The southern province of Vinh Long needs to increase its infrastructure system and measures to attract more investors to the province's industrial zones, State President Nguyen Minh Triet has said. While meeting with the province's key officials during his working visit on April 5, President Triet urged Vinh Long to pay more attention to boosting connectivity with other cities and provinces in the major economic hubs while implementing policies to attract more scientists and students to work for the province. He also praised the province for tapping its strengths in agricultural production, including the cultivation of cash crops, the growing…... [read more]
VINH LONG (VNS)— Mekong Delta's Vinh Long Province wants to attract more investment projects as part of the delta's target of adopting a green and sustainable economy to eliminate the impact of pollution. The provincial People's Committee recently announced 47 projects awaiting investors through 2015. The projects have a total expected budget of more than VND23 trillion (US$1.09 billion). According to the local government, apart from attracting projects in trade and service sectors, Vinh Long is giving priority for projects in Binh Tan, Dong Binh and An Dinh industrial parks, countryside markets, wholesale markets and urban areas. The province said…... [read more]