An elderly woman in Ha Tinh Province is calling for support to help her grandson who is being treated for liver cirrhosis and multiorgan failure. 27-year-old Luu Cong Hung 81-year-old Nguyen Thi Tran has to feed her grandson, 27-year-old Luu Cong Hung, and takes care of everything ever since he fell ill. "I care for him since he was only one year old. He is so unfortunate," she said. Hung's mother died when he was one year old. His brother went to Ninh Thuan to find work after finishing high school while Hung dropped out of school at 9th grade to find work to help his family. Hung wants to save enough money to buy an excavator but his life turned for the worse. Last year, his father died. When attending the funeral, Hung suddenly felt pains in his stomach and chest. He was shocked after being diagnosed with rapidly-worsening liver cirrhosis and multiorgan failure. He has undergone an operation to make an artificial anal sphincter recently but his condition is still severe. … [Read more...] about Elderly grandmother calls for help for ill grandson
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Old father struggles to raise mentally-ill son
A widower in Thanh Hoa Province is calling for help to treat his 41-year-old son who had mental health problems after an accident. Le Van Hang (right) and his son Le Van Hang is living with his son in Tho Vuc Village, Vinh Ninh Commune. Their meals mostly consist of plain rice and fish sauce. Hang said they did not celebrate Tet and depend on the kindness of neighbours to live. Hang got married and had his first son, Le Van Truong, in 1978. However, after working in the public security sector for two years, he had a traffic accident which gave him brain damage. Despite many years in the military, Hang didn't have any papers after being discharged so he doesn't have any allowance. "Since I was contaminated with Agent Orange, my second son was affected. He got married but his family is also very poor," Hang said. His wife also died years ago so Hang worked as a bricklayer to raise his ill son. Hang said he feared for his son whenever he had a fit and destroyed the furniture and … [Read more...] about Old father struggles to raise mentally-ill son
BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 8/11
Petrol prices see steep fall on November 6 The retail prices of petrol fell sharply from 3pm on November 6 following the latest adjustments by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Accordingly, the price of E5 RON 92 declined 1,082 VND to trade at a maximum of 19,600 VND per litre, and RON95 dropped 1,138 VND in its price to a maximum of 21,065 VND per litre. Meanwhile, the price of diesel 0.05S went down 67 VND per litre to 18,644 VND. The prices of kerosene and mazut 180CST 3.5S remain unchanged and should not be higher than 17,086 VND and 15,694 VND per litre, respectively. The Ministry of Industry said that RON 92 was sold at an average of 78.7 USD per barrel globally half month ago, down nearly 9 USD from the previous period. Those of RON95 and diesel 0.06S were 80.52 USD per barrel and 92.27 USD per barrel, respectively. The price of Ethanol E100, which is used as the basis to calculate the price of biofuel E5 RON 92 after the elimination of petrol RON … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF 8/11