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A four-month-old child in the southern province of Bac Lieu who was abandoned by his parents has been sent to the provincial social protection centre.

On November 10 last year, several hours after being born, Phuoc was sent to Bac Lieu General Hospital by a woman who said that she lived with the boy’s mother.

Phuoc is now staying at Bac Lieu Social Protection Centre

The boy was hospitalised because of a neonatal infection. Doctors asked the woman to provide the birth certificate. Since then, the woman has not returned to the hospital.

Doctor Nguyen Ich Tuan, deputy director of Bac Lieu General Hospital, said that Phuoc’s health has improved. On March 18, Bac Lieu Social Protection Centre officially received the baby.

Nguyen Thuy Nhu, deputy director of the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, asked the centre to take care of him. He hoped that the boy would be adopted.

To Hong Nguyen, director of the centre, said that the centre would assign staff to directly take care of him. The centre will also try to help treat the baby’s cleft palate.

Four members of a family were killed after a fire broke out at their house, which they also used to run a baby store, in Hanoi early on Sunday morning.

The house, located at 311 Ton Duc Thang Street in Dong Da District, began catching fire at around 1:00 am, when the victims were sleeping.

Firefighting police officers arrived at the location shortly after being notified, but all four people inside the house were already dead.

The deceased victims include Nguyen Thac Thi, 80, Nguyen Anh Hong – Thi’s 40-year-old daughter, Dinh Hung Vy – Hong’s 38-year-old husband, and Dinh Ha Tue Man – Hong’s 10-year-old son.

The first body was brought out of the house at around 6:45 am the same day.

Preliminary information showed that the house covers an area of 60 square meters and has three floors together with only one entrance.

The family operated a shop selling such baby products as milk and diapers on the first floor.

They lived and stored their merchandise on the second and third floors.

The fire spread very quickly as there were a lot of inflammable objects including diapers and clothes.

Hanoi authorities have provided financial support to the victims’ families.

They are conducting an investigation to determine the cause of the deadly fire.

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As director of a petroleum company with many business points of sale across the province, Nguyen Xuan Hiep, 42, in An Dong ward of Hue City, says his life “has never been enough”.

Nguyen Xuan Hiep is a well-known name to Hue’s people. ‘Hiep Bo Tat’ (Hiep Bodhisattva) is how they call him with respect. He uses social media to call for donations worth billions of dong a year to help poor people buy coffins and pay for burial expenses.

“Doing charity means helping people in difficult situations. This could be actions to support living people or to commemorate the deceased,” he said.

Only when he does both things well is this “enough” for Hiep. If he cannot do one of the two things, he feels “deprived”.

Three years ago, Hiep and his group of benefactors called Nhung tam long hao tam Facebook (Facebook Kind Hearts) heard that many stillborns, for various reasons, were not properly buried. He felt compassion for them and decided to build a home for them.

He spent over VND100 million and together with the benefactors in his group bought a 300 square meter land plot on Vo Van Kiet Road in An Tay Ward.

In mid-2018, the construction of Cemetery ‘Duong ve coi tinh’ (Road to eternity) on the land plot was completed and put into use at a total cost of VND700 million.

In use for the last three years, the cemetery has more than 500 graves, more than half of which were buried by Hiep and his friends themselves.

Hiep said he was relieved when he could fulfill his wish of building a cemetery and give them a ‘home’. However, he sometimes feels grief.

“I witnessed tens of stillborn babies being taken to the cemetery for burial. Most of them were carried by their relatives. But in many cases, adults left them in front of the cemetery and then left,” he said.

According to Hiep, of the 500 graves at the cemetery, about 200 are relatives of people in poor circumstances, or young, unmarried women experiencing misfortune.

Every time he receives them, Hiep and benefactors spend their own money on offerings and carefully bury them. They also clean the graves and organize worship according to local customs at the beginning and middle of every lunar month.

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The mother of victim Bùi Thị Loan is escorted from the site of the incident. — VNA/VNS Photo

THỦ ĐỨC CITY — A two-month-old baby was among the six members of a family that died when a fire broke out at about 1am on Tuesday morning at a house at 899 Nguyễn Thị Định Street in HCM City’s Thủ Đức City.

Fifty firefighters, four fire engines and a number of ambulances were dispatched to the site to intervene.

Police said the only person to survive was a 55-year-old man, Lục Chấn Tâm, who was sleeping near the front of the house when the fire broke out and managed to escape. He suffered burns from trying to save the others in the fire and has been taken to hospital.

Four adults – including Tâm’s wife, Bùi Thị Loan (born in 1969), their son Lục Kiến Oai (born in 1994) and daughter Lục Tuyết Trinh (born in 1996), daughter in law Bùi Thuý An (born in 1997), along with two grandchildren of Tâm, one seven years old and one just two months old, inside the house were found dead.

Police block the scene to investigate the cause of a fire which killed six people and injured one person in HCM City early Tuesday morning. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Chung

Most of the people in the neighbourhood are family members of the deceased.

Many have already donated funds for the family to cover funeral expenses and local authorities also plan to support the victims’ families.

Huỳnh Quang Tâm, head of the HCM City Police Fire Prevention and Fighting Division, said five motorbikes were parked inside near the house’s front door when the fire broke out so the victims could not escape.

Firefighters were able to control the fire this morning. The cause of the fire has not been determined but sources said the fire might be from a motorbike.

The house where the fire occurred. — VNA/VNS Photo

The house is about 60sq.m, has only one exit and according to neighbours who came to the rescue, this exit was blocked by the parked motorbikes.

An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing. — VNS

The mother of victim Bui Thi Loan is escorted from the site of the incident. — VNA/VNS Photo

Fifty firefighters, four fire engines and a number of ambulances were dispatched to the site to intervene.

Police said the only person to survive was a 55-year-old man, Luc Chan Tam, who was sleeping near the front of the house when the fire broke out and managed to escape. He suffered burns from trying to save the others in the fire and has been taken to hospital.

Four adults – including Tam’s wife, Bui Thi Loan (born in 1969), their son Luc Kien Oai (born in 1994) and daughter Luc Tuyet Trinh (born in 1996), daughter in law Bui Thuy An (born in 1997), along with two grandchildren of Tam, one seven years old and one just two months old, inside the house were found dead.

Police block the scene to investigate the cause of a fire which killed six people and injured one person in HCM City early Tuesday morning. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Chung

Most of the people in the neighbourhood are family members of the deceased.

Many have already donated funds for the family to cover funeral expenses and local authorities also plan to support the victims’ families.

Huynh Quang Tam, head of the HCM City Police Fire Prevention and Fighting Division, said five motorbikes were parked inside near the house’s front door when the fire broke out so the victims could not escape.

Firefighters were able to control the fire this morning. The cause of the fire has not been determined but sources said the fire might be from a motorbike.

The house where the fire occurred. — VNA/VNS Photo

The house is about 60sq.m, has only one exit and according to neighbours who came to the rescue, this exit was blocked by the parked motorbikes.

An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.

VNS

Scorching weather is forecast to affect regions across Vietnam on Thursday, with temperatures expected to top 40 degrees Celsius in some locales.

The highest temperature in northwestern provinces is anticipated to reach 34-37 degrees Celsius, according to the National Center for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Average highs in northeastern localities, including Hanoi, are likely to reach 29-32 degrees Celsius.

The localities saw light fog early on Thursday morning but skies are likely to clear up by the afternoon.

The heat is expected to be more extreme in north-central Vietnam, where mercury is forecast to rise to 37 degrees Celsius.

In mountainous areas, mercury will average between 37 and 39 degrees Celsius, with some areas seeing temperatures as high as 40 degrees Celsius.

Average highs in localities between central Da Nang City and south-central Binh Thuan Province will be slightly lower, at 33-36 degrees Celsius.

In southern Vietnam, Thursday will be broiling, with temperatures reaching 36 degrees Celsius and unseasonal showers and thunderstorms possible in the evening hours.

Highs in the Central Highlands will be from 32 to 35 degrees Celsius.

The extreme heat combined with low humidity will bring high risks of fire and explosion, as well as forest fires, according to experts.

This phenomenon may also cause dehydration, exhaustion, and heatstroke in people who spend significant time outdoors.

It is highly recommended that children and the elderly spend daytime hours indoors.

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