Tuoi Tre-backed Sunflower Festival fundraises $64,000 for children with cancer
More than VND45 billion ($1.9 million) has been fundraised thanks to the annual event in the past 12 years
More than VND45 billion ($1.9 million) has been fundraised thanks to the annual event in the past 12 years
The run is part of an annual Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper-sponsored festival held to raise awareness and financial support for children with cancer
The event received more than VND6.6 billion (US$281,773) worth of support for cancer-stricken children
Presents were given to little children with cancer at three hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City
An outpouring of love from Vietnam’s online community flooded Facebook with well wishes accompanied by a sunflower and the hashtag ngayhoihoahuongduong2018 in a bid to raise thousands of dollars for pediatric cancer patients
The campaign will run until December 2, having raised VND100 million ($4,300) in the first week
This is the first time the Sunflower Festival has come to patients at the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
The opening ceremony of the ‘Sunflower Festival’ will take place on November 25
The 'Sunflower Festival,' an annual event co-organized by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, has been run for the tenth year in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to fundraise for children with cancer.