Dantri/DTiNews has completed a new house for a family in Ha Nam Province with three mentally-ill members before the Lunar New Year Tet Holiday. Thinh receives new house Nguyen Thi Thinh’s husband, Nguyen Xuan Truong, is a veteran but ever since he came home, he was diagnosed with mental illness and couldn’t support the family.Thinh’s son and daughter were also mentally ill. Thinh’s daughter gave birth to a son after being raped by an unknown man. As Thinh turns 80, she worries more about her two-year-old grandson’s future and her ill family members.Thinh’s family was given a house before but now it is used as a place to lock up Thinh’s son who often wanders around naked, attacking strangers and destroyed everything. The rest of the family lived in a cousin’s rundown house.The Hanoi Beer-Alcohol and Beverage Corporation donated VND70m (USD3,000) for the family and construction of the new house started on October 4.Unfortunately, both Thinh’s son and daughter died one after another in the past three months.On January 7, representatives of Dantri and local authorities, as well as kind readers, visited Thinh’s family when the new house was completed. They were also given VND5m to mark the occasion.Sumiriko Hose Vietnam Company gives a monthly donation of VND2.5m for five years to help raise Thinh’s grandson.Thinh’s brother Nguyen Xuan Dau and Vice head of Dao Ly Commune People’s Committee Nguyen Van Khanh thanked everyone who helped the family.
Dantri/DTiNews has opened new classrooms for disadvantaged children at Chieng Kheo Primary School in Son La Province.Dantri's Deputy Editor-in-chief Pham Tuan Anh, head of Compassionate Parents Charity Group Nguyen Thi Thanh, leaders of Mai Son District, Chieng Kheo Commune together with parents and teachers at Pang Sang B site under Chieng Kheo Primary School attended the ceremony on January 3.Winds often get in through the holes and wide gaps of the walls and the wood planks and pillars are largely damaged by termites in the dilapidated classrooms. However, the gaps also let the sunshine in the classrooms. The teachers replaced…... [read more]
Realty firms still puzzled with new housing regulationsBy Dinh Dung- The Saigon Times DailyNguyen Van Hiep, deputy director of the HCMC Department of Construction, told reality firms that there should be tens of under-law documents to execute the new decree, but the department had not received any from higher authorities.“The fact is that the property market cannot stop while pending new circulars with detail guidance, but must continue to move on,” Hiep said, “Thus we have no way but have sent a petition to the city government to ask for instructions.”Hiep put realty developers’ mind at ease, saying that property…... [read more]
HẢI PHÒNG — Old and deteriorated residential buildings are being rebuilt, modern ones are being completed, and from next year, a number of new houses will be built in Hải Phòng City This information was released by Phùng Văn Thanh, director of the municipal Department of Construction, at the dialogue ‘Joining hands to set up modern Hải Phòng City,’ held recently in the city. Old residential quarters A survey by the Hải Phòng City Department of Construction shows that the city has more than 200 old residential buildings. As many as 27 can be upgraded, however, the remainder, in which…... [read more]
The houses, built at a total cost of VND37 billion (US$1.76 million), are a joint effort by the Government and local community.Since 2009, Dak Nong has provided homes for 3,000 poor families from ethnic minority groups. Another 3,000 families are waiting for new houses.The province will also help poor families with VND150 billion to build their own houses by 2015. This year alone it aims to build 1,100 home for poor families.On January 29, the Vietnam Fatherland Front division in southern Dong Nai province held a ceremony to mark the handover of 1,000 houses to poor families.The houses, valued at…... [read more]
On February 6, the agency presented gifts worth VND5 million each to 10 families of AO victims in the Vinh Vien A commune, Long My district, the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang. The agency also joined hands with the provincial Red Cross Society and the State Treasury branch to visit and offer gifts to 50 families of disadvantaged AO victims. The same day, VNA’s bureau in the southern province of Soc Trang in co-operation with the provincial Association of AO/dioxin Victims handed over a new house to Nguyen Van A in Kiet Hoa village, Lam Kiet commune, Thanh Tri…... [read more]
