The concert “Vietnam in Me” was held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at the National Exhibition Center in Dong Anh Commune, Hanoi City, on August 26 to celebrate the 80th anniversaries of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).
Despite torrential rain, tens of thousands of spectators still attended the concert. The organizing board of the concert extended their gratitude to all the spectators who enabled them to raise up to VND4.2 billion. All the proceeds would be sent to victims in some north central provinces who had just been severely affected by Storm Kajiki, helping them overcome difficulties.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism also expressed their gratitude to the audiences, artists, philanthropists and all the organizing staff of the concert, those who contributed a great deal to the success of the event as well as the practical support for the storm victims in the central region, vietnamplus.vn reported.
Young people tidy up polluted roads and canals
As part of the 160th Green Sunday campaign launched in HCMC last week, over 500 young people in the city’s Tan Hung Ward, dressed in their labor safety gear, participated in collecting trash from the canals and along the roads within the ward. They were joined by members of the Saigon Xanh Club, GoGreen Cleanup (an environmental protection organization), and Waste Lovers Club under the Vietnam Youth Union of Tan Hung Ward.
On that day, the ward’s young people were divided into four teams to tidy up the canal section under Kenh Te Bridge, another section of the Ban Don Canal, the section under Bridge No. 10, Nguyen Huu Tho Street, and presented ornamental plants and flowers to residents at Hoang Anh Gia Lai Condo on Le Van Luong Street.
From 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., the three teams could collect more than 12 tons of trash. Ha Bao Son, vice secretary of the Youth Union of Tan Hung Ward, told thanhnien.vn that through these activities, they would like to promote the environmental protection awareness among local people, especially the young ones.
Nguyen Minh Thien, vice chairman of Tan Hung Ward, said the Green Sunday campaign has helped tidy up canals, roads and alleys in the ward, encouraged waste sorting at source among local residents, and planted trees for a greener and cleaner locality.
Born from a fertilized egg frozen 11 years ago
In 2014, a Hanoian woman, then 26 years old, underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) at the IVF Center at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology and gave birth to her first child, a boy. The other embryos have been protected at the center ever since.
In January this year, the young mother came back to the IVF Center, where all her embryos were still kept in good condition. Doctors at the center explained both the advantage and risk of conducting embryo implantation for her. The woman then decided to undergo such an implantation with her frozen embryo.
The implantation using the fertilized egg frozen 11 years ago for the mother was successful right at the first attempt. This special case was supervised by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Anh, director of the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
On August 22, a healthy girl weighing 3.3kg was born at the hospital to the joy of the mother, doctors and nurses, tuoitre.vn reported.
Free meals, lodgings for parade spectators in Hanoi
For people from afar coming to Hanoi to watch the parades on the occasion of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2), many Hanoians have offered them, especially war veterans, free lodgings and meals to help them save part of their expenses.
Quan Phuong Lan allowed some families to stay in rooms in her seven-story house on Thuy Khue Street free of charge. These families came from northern cities and provinces, and even as far as Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province. Aside from free lodgings, Lan also offered electric fans and fast boil kettles for them to use during their stay. She also supplied them with drinking water and certain fast food.
Meanwhile, a restaurant on Huynh Thuc Khang Street served free meals for veterans coming over to Hanoi City to watch the parades. Duong Trong Quy and the For the Community voluntary team have initiated this activity. Quy posted the offer of free meals for lunch and dinner to war veterans and their relatives until National Day on his social media. He told tuoitre.vn that the restaurant could serve up to 70 diners at a time, adding that they also handed out water bottles and loaves of bread to spectators coming over to Hanoi.
Earlier, Quy and his team donated bread, milk boxes and water bottles to veterans coming to watch parades in HCMC.
