Vietnam | World Vision International

Proud to connect hometown to the world

In her childhood photobook, Hoàn keeps looking at the images of Japan, the first country outside Vietnam she visited to meet her sponsor. Having become...

New name, new life

“Dựa oi!” Following the grandmother’s call was the appearance of a skinny boy with a playful smile on his face. Holding the birth certificate paper in his...

Gifts for our dearest friends

Notebooks, text books, pens, back-packs, warm clothes, uniforms, red scarves, or a couple of thousand dong from savings, are the gifts we gave our dearest...

How to make buffalo horn cake

Let 10 year-old Sam in Dong Giang, Quang Nam, tell you how to make the traditional buffalo horn cake of Co Tu ethnic minority.

A new chapter in life

Born and raised in a lakeside countryside in Yen Binh district, Yen Bai province, L (born in 1980) had peaceful and happy family life with her husband and...

Save herself, save her life

K was born in a poor family in Nam Giang district, Quang Nam province. K’s father passed away early, K’s mother became the breadwinner, working every job...

‘None of my girls is malnourished anymore’

“There were so many things I did wrong with my first child that only at the Health Club did I realize”, admitted young mom Dien, 24, in Khan Thuong village...

‘I am stronger and wiser than my age’

While her peers grow up in their parents’ love, Hai Anh has been nurtured and protected by her grandparents. Let 16 year old Nguyen Thi Hai Anh from Hai...

I learned to prevent malnutrition for my baby

“My first child only weighs 14kg at the age of 5. But my second baby is 1 now and already weighs 9.5kg”, told a 23 year old mom named Thuan in Doi village...

From independence to big dreams

“I want to become a TV editor to provide updated knowledge to all people, especially children in remote and mountainous areas like me”, shared Cúc, 16...

Choosing deer instead of pig, making 300 million from 3 million dongs

Starting with small capital but pig raising kept failing, there was times when Hong got frustrated, not daring to put more investment. In 2008, Truong Thi...

Become ‘micro-entrepreneur’ from less than 2 gram of gold

At the time Thuy started raising pigs, the most valuable asset she and her husband owned was just a piece of gold from saving, and in their house, there...

The heartening factor that keeps us going

My impression of 28-year-old Tran Thi Hong Thuong can be encapsulated in one word: admiration. Crushed by the harsh side of life, yet Thuong has never...

New-found confidence

Born with malformation in her legs and arms and bypassed by other villagers, Tham was recluse in her community. She chose to live a quiet life with her...

Football in my village

“Before, our footballs were made of banana leaves. Now that we have real balls, we can enjoy playing football more than ever,” said Hoa Mi children club’s...

Disaster preparedness for children

World Vision Vietnam focuses on protecting children from injury, including disaster risk mitigation and climate change adaptation.

The corner of dreams

“On rainy days, the only thing that we worry about is that corner,” said the mother as she pointed her finger to the bookshelf standing next to a table...

Breastfeeding Week: balancing work and family life

by Esther Indriani, Health and Nutrition Advisor of World Vision South Asia Pacific Just 50 per cent of working-age women are in the labour force according...

Breastfeeding Week: breastfeeding keeps babies healthy

There have been several myths among mothers in remote areas and mothers from ethnic minority groups, passed from generations to generations, which prevent...

A love of video games ended up with Thinh being stuck on a fishing boat, with the teenager forced to haul in cuttlefish every night while his family had no idea where he was.

Lured by traffickers, caught by fishermen

Thinh was addicted to gaming so much that he had to restart grade 11 three years ago. But the teenager nearly didn’t have the chance to resume his...

Going Green: gardening green, raising green

To help protect the environment, Ly’s family and her close friend’s one are using green energy with biogas and rice-husk stoves with World Vision’s support...

5,000 people assisted to cope with severe drought

As the third week of July ended, so did the distribution of much-needed water to 1,250 households in two drought-affected districts of Binh Thuan province...

Going Green: rice-planting green, pig-raising green

11-year-old San, 5th grader, tells about how his parents have applied the natural farming method with World Vision’s support for raising pig, producing...

Warm light after dark days

Ty Na experienced consecutive losses when she was very young. Her father, grandfather and mother died, one after another. Na quit school, moving to stay...