The Mid-Autumn Festival was held on September 16 for children of Vietnamese families who are studying at the Khmer-Vietnamese Tan Tien Friendship Primary School in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
The HCM City Youth Union and its partners have launched a charity programme to offer mooncakes and gifts for disadvantaged children in celebration of the Mid-Autumn (Trung Thu) Festival on September 17 (the 15th day of the eighth lunar month).
The official, accompanied by representatives of the Support Fund for Cancer Patients-Bright Future, lauded the dedication by the institute’s doctors and workers, and urged them to carry forward the sense of responsibility.
Many newly built schools in some of the poorest areas of the country in Nam Trà My District, Quảng Nam Province are encouraging more children to go to class. The facilities have been built by kind-hearted volunteers who hope they will help change children's futures.
The campaign will cover 135 districts across 18 provinces and cities. It aims to administer over 1.1 million doses of the measles-rubella vaccine to children in high-risk areas.
Healthcare workers in HCM City gave measles vaccines to nearly 17,000 children aged between one and five years during the National Day holidays (August 31 – September 2).
According to the organisers, the festival’s activities will transport children to realms of dreams, magical narratives and future aspirations. In doing so, they will play a vital role in shaping Vietnamese character and safeguarding our cherished national cultural identity.
Doctor Lê Công Thiện, Head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Ward under the Institute of Mental Health said that every day, up to half of the children who come into the hospital are diagnosed with emotional problems, including anxiety disorders.
The total fertility rate nationwide is showing a downward trend below the replacement level, from 2.11 children per woman in 2021 to 2.01 children per woman in 2022 and 1.96 children per woman last year. It was the lowest decline since 2006 and is forecast to continue.
Tri Lễ is a border commune with a large area, including six Mông villages in remote, isolated areas, known for having many 'No's': no electricity, no convenient transportation, no market, no healthcare station, no communication signal.
Iron is an essential mineral required for the healthy function of our body. It is needed to build the haemoglobin molecule in the red blood cells, which is important for oxygen delivery throughout the body.
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's visit aims to expand a project on improving the quality of life of children and youth in the Asia-Pacific region in Việt Nam, contributing to the development of friendly relations and cooperation between the two countries. Nam Cường Primary School is among units under a survey for joining the project.
To protect themselves and their families, especially young children, the doctor advised the public to ensure full vaccination and seek medical attention promptly when symptoms appear.
Nearly 50 years since its establishment, the Thủ Đức Youth Village in HCM City has cared for and raised tens of thousands of orphans and disadvantaged children.
The diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP) vaccine, part of the “5 and 6 in one” vaccine should be given at two, four and six months and one year as well as booster after four years and adolescence.
