Vinh and the last gifts from his father

Vinh was studying online when this shot was taken. The used phone and clock were the last gifts that his father gave him before passing away because of Covid-19. Vinh was the first child that I sponsored. He is from Can Tho in the Mekong Delta. (Photo from Dan Tri e-news Sep 2021) Bé Vinh đang học online khi phóng viên báo Dân Trí chụp bức ảnh này. Chiếc điện thoại cũ và đồng hồ là hai món quà cuối cùng mà cha đã tặng cho con trước khi qua đời vì Covid. Vinh là con đỡ đầu đầu tiên của tôi. Con đến từ Cần Thơ. (Ảnh trên báo Dân Trí tháng 9/2021)

Helping vulnerable children in Vietnam (part 1)

November 1st 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic swept over Ho Chi Minh city during July and August 2021 and thousands of children lost their parents. In late September 2021 I, by chance, saw an article on Dan Tri e-news with the title “The last gifts from a father for his son before passing away due to Covid”. It touched my heart and I couldn’t stop thinking about the grief that Vinh, an 11-year-old school boy from C ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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