Young volunteers across Vietnam are planning to fix and build about 4,300km of roads, carry out coastal clean-ups at 400 locations and plant at least 2.5 million trees during this summer from June to August.

Drowning is still one of the leading causes of mortality among children in Viet Nam, despite efforts to deal with the problem. Concern is re-surfacing ahead of the coming summer months.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 90 per cent of Vietnamese suffer from dental disease and 85 per cent of Vietnamese children have tooth decay, according to the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology.