The 7th edition of the charity concert “Nhung Trai Tim Dong Cam”(Sympathy Hearts) took place at the Hanoi Opera House on May 30, withthe aim of raising funds for children with disabilities.
The event highlighted the examples of two children-11-year-oldpiano talent Quach Hoang Nhi who has a brother suffering from cerebralpalsy and eighth grader Tran Viet Hoang who lost vision due toretinopathy.
Nhi started playing piano at theage of four and has grabbed tens of medals at local and internationalmusic competitions, including a gold medal at the 2012 AsiaInternational Piano Academy Festival and Competition in the Republic ofKorea, the first prize at the 3rd Mozart International PianoCompetition in Thailand in 2013, the first prize at the 17th Val TidoneInternational Music Competitions and the second prize at the PianoTalents International Competition for Young Pianist held in Italy lastyear.
Tran Viet Hoang from central Ha Tinhprovince was born in a poor family. He managed to learn Braille writingsystem himself and earned Academic Excellence titles for eightconsecutive years.
This year’s concert raisedover 1 billion VND (45,800 USD) to provide free surgeries for eightchildren with congenital heart diseases, present saving books of 5-20million VND (230 – 917 USD) to 100 children with serious illnesstogether with scholarships and gift packages to impoverished childrenacross the country.
The event has raised more than 20 billion VND (917,000 USD) for charitable purposes over the past seven years.
According to Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs Pham ThiHai Chuyen, Vietnam has more than 6.7 million people with disabilities,including 1.2 million children, over 330,000 orphans and nearly 25,000Orange/Dioxin victim children.-VNA
The event highlighted the examples of two children-11-year-oldpiano talent Quach Hoang Nhi who has a brother suffering from cerebralpalsy and eighth grader Tran Viet Hoang who lost vision due toretinopathy.
Nhi started playing piano at theage of four and has grabbed tens of medals at local and internationalmusic competitions, including a gold medal at the 2012 AsiaInternational Piano Academy Festival and Competition in the Republic ofKorea, the first prize at the 3rd Mozart International PianoCompetition in Thailand in 2013, the first prize at the 17th Val TidoneInternational Music Competitions and the second prize at the PianoTalents International Competition for Young Pianist held in Italy lastyear.
Tran Viet Hoang from central Ha Tinhprovince was born in a poor family. He managed to learn Braille writingsystem himself and earned Academic Excellence titles for eightconsecutive years.
This year’s concert raisedover 1 billion VND (45,800 USD) to provide free surgeries for eightchildren with congenital heart diseases, present saving books of 5-20million VND (230 – 917 USD) to 100 children with serious illnesstogether with scholarships and gift packages to impoverished childrenacross the country.
The event has raised more than 20 billion VND (917,000 USD) for charitable purposes over the past seven years.
According to Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs Pham ThiHai Chuyen, Vietnam has more than 6.7 million people with disabilities,including 1.2 million children, over 330,000 orphans and nearly 25,000Orange/Dioxin victim children.-VNA
