Tuan Chau Group on December 18 presented VND20 billion (US$862,000) to the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies to support the institute’s tasks in folk culture preservation.

The Family Medical Practice clinic (FMP), one of the first foreign owned and operated multidisciplinary medical providers in Vietnam since 1994, will bring support and charitable assistance to 40 disabled children, orphans 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has called on people to donate blood as the institute is in dire need of blood type O.

The family of late Japanese archaeologist Nishimura Masanari, an expert on Vietnamese archaeology, has donated his entire library – in all, 7,000 items – to the National University of Ha Noi.

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has said he will donate his entire $32bn (£20bn; €29bn) fortune to charity. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – For seven months, boxes that contain 10 to 20 books in different shapes have been placed in front of cafés and along the streets in Vietnam. Everybody is invited to take a book home from the box

 Australia has pledged A$200m (£106m; $166m) to help poorer nations mitigate the impact of global warming, in what is seen as a U-turn for the government.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Organisations and individuals nationwide donated over 600 documents and artifacts to the Hanoi Museum in response to its appeal to collect exhibits to celebrate the capital’s 60 years of development.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Datuk K Rajagobal's ASEAN All-Stars side lost 1-0 to the Indonesian national team in a charity fund-raising match held at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Sunday in Jakarta.

Seeing several foreigners walking on the street, a young man stopped his motorcycle to drop the woman who sat behind him. The woman approached the foreign visitors to show them her card and asked them to donate money for charity.