Vietnamese celebrities are increasingly taking part in charity activities, generously giving of their time and money for good causes.
Last year many of them undertook campaigns to help flood victims, underprivileged children, and poor people.
The reigning Miss Vietnam, Ngoc Han, singers Ho Ngoc Ha and Dam Vinh Hung, and actor Chi Bao have become the most notable philanthropists among the stars.
Han has been involved with many programs to help the needy, including several of her own.
She accompanied rescue teams to many flood-hit areas in the central region last year, and donated 2,000 notebooks and 1,200 pens to students in Dong Hoi town in Quang Binh province.
She donated the cash prize of VND10 million (US$480) she got for winning the beauty title to a charity fund based in Cam Pha town in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
Also, she joined employees of the Hanoi Opera House and T&T Hanoi football club to travel to many places to raise funds for poor people.
Hung and Ha have spent not only their own money but also used their influence to organize shows to raise funds for orphans.
They collected thousands of gifts during the Lunar New Year festival early this month.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee awarded Ha a certificate of merit for her charity efforts.
Bao donated a large, unspecified sum of money to print 10,000 copies of a book titled “Perceiving from your heart” written by monk Minh Niem to raise money for poor patients in hospitals.
“We feel we have too much and so we have to take responsibility to help others,” Bao said.
“It is not charity but our responsibility.”
Miss Vietnam Ngoc Han
Dam Vinh Hung (R) and Ho Ngoc Ha
Ho Ngoc Ha
Chi Bao (R)
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