Many students in Vietnam have donated their hard-earned savings from performing arts, collecting scrap, and selling sandwiches to support people affected by typhoon Yagi, which made landfall in northern Vietnam on September 7 and has caused huge human and property losses.

Members of Thu Duc Kids, an art team of the Thu Duc Children's House in Ho Chi Minh City, have donated their funds to help children in the storm-hit areas.

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thuy, manager of the team, told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper that many members of the team and their parents had asked her if they could do anything amid the serious floods and landslides in the north.

Thuy later asked the team’s members and their parents for their opinions on a donation of VND2 million (US$82) sourced from Thu Duc Kids’ fund for those affected by typhoon Yagi and got the support from most of the adults.

To have the amount, the Thu Duc Kids members had performed at many places.

Instead of using the money for parties, they agreed to give it away to those hit by the natural disaster in the north.

They also added VND1 million ($40.8) to the donation.

Some of them told Thuy that they would donate the VND50,000 ($2) pay each of them received after performing at a program to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is due next Tuesday.

Huynh Nguyen Ngoc Diep, an eighth-grade member of Thu Duc Kids, said she received VND50,000 ($2) after a show on Saturday. She would donate the amount plus her pocket money to children in the flooded areas in the northern region.

Diep said that after witnessing the significant property damage and human losses suffered by the northern residents on television, she felt compelled to make a small contribution to help them rebuild their lives.

Nguyen Minh Dang Duong, an eighth grader at Nam Trung Yen Middle School in Hanoi, donated VND500,000 ($20) from the profit he made selling sandwiches during the summer to support those affected by Typhoon Yagi.

Duong shared that he sold sandwiches in the lobby of his apartment building over the summer to cover the cost of books, notebooks, and stationery for the 2024-25 school year, which formally began on September 5.

He got up at 5:00 am every day to prepare sandwiches and sold them until 9:00 am.

He sold the dish for 27 days and got the support of residents in his apartment building.

As he knew that people in the flooded-areas were facing a shortage of food and difficulties in travel, he decided to donate part of his proceeds.

His mother snapped a photo of him as he was putting the money into an envelope, but Duong refused to let her post it on social media, explaining that there was no need to boast about charity work.

Meanwhile, Vo Xuan Nghi, a fourth grader at Le Lai Elementary School in Da Nang, moved local netizens by donating VND360,000 ($14.7) in small change to those affected by the floods.

Nghi explained that she earned the money by collecting scrap – mainly empty beer cans and cardboard boxes – and by winning two third-place prizes, each worth VND100,000 ($4.1), in swimming competitions.

“I cherish this money; no one can touch it. I used part of it to buy school supplies, and I decided to give away the rest to students in the flood-hit areas,” Nghi said.

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