(VOVWORLD) - Every Friday for the past 7 years, Ho Thi Hong Hoa and her charity group 1C in An Hai Dong ward in Da Nang City have prepared free meals for patients at Da Nang hospital. The meals served with love have eased the patients’ suffering and boosted their morale.

(VOVWORLD) - A group of young people in HCMC has begun a project to set up 1,001 libraries for children in remote areas. To date, more than 200 free libraries have been established, helping thousands of ethnic children around the country to access a wide range of age-suitable of books.

(VOVWORLD) - There are ever more young ethnic people taking the lead in the startup movement and finding initial success. The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has recently worked with the Government Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs to launch the "Ethnic Minority Startup" program to honor outstanding ethnic youths in the Northern provinces for the positive results yielded from starting their businesses. The practical program aims to motivate the startup spirit in disadvantaged regions.

(VOVWORLD) - In recent years, shrinking forests have reduced food and territory for elephants in Dak Lak province. Local authorities have tried a number of measures to revive local elephant herds.

(VOVWORLD) - Nearly 60,000 Islamic Cham in the southern region began their holy month of Ramadan last Wednesday. This is an important annual festival for the Islamic Cham and for all Muslims.

(VOVWORLD) - The OneSky preschool center, a reasonably-priced educational facility with international standards, has reduced the burden for disadvantaged workers at the Hoa Khanh industrial zone in Da Nang city. About 210 children are studying at the center.

(VOVWORLD) - In Vietnam, Tay is the mother tongue of nearly 2 million people and a second language for many other ethnic minority people in Vietnam’s northwestern region. The language is starting to be displaced by Vietnamese, and many Tay people are finding it harder to use their mother tongue.

(VOVWORLD) - A crew of doctors from Cho Ray Hospital in HCMC, the National Coordinating Center for Human Organ Transplantation, and Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi have coordinated to perform transnational heart and kidney transplant operations.

(VOVWORLD) - April 4 is observed in Vietnam as Voluntary Blood Donation Day. This year’s event once again calls on people to join this humanitarian movement.

(VOVWORLD) - Since the Law on Persons with Disabilities was adopted 8 years ago, April 18th has been observed in Vietnam as Day of Persons with Disabilities, when society shows its sympathy and support for handicapped people to help them integrate into the community.