The case of TikToker Pham Thoai receiving charity money has caused a stir in recent days. When Pham Thoai livestreamed to publicize the statement, the number of views at times reached nearly 300,000 people.
During the livestream, Pham Thoai publicly announced the invoices of the hospital in Singapore - where babyap is being treated, with data on the time of receiving, withdrawing money, and expenses in the past 3 months.
In addition, this person also publicly posted photos of transfer transactions between the charity accounts of Pham Thoai, Thu Hoa (Boi's mother), assistant and many other characters.
The reason for the cash flow being transferred to and from many different personal accounts, through "intermediation" is explained as being because the account cannot transfer money internationally and other objective factors.
Despite the release of the statement, Pham Thoai was still criticized. Many people discovered that the timeline of November 8, 2025 was on the screen, asking TikToker to clarify when the livestream session crashed.
The figure of 16.7 billion VND is generally stated as 8.9 billion VND for CAR-T cell culture for baby corn; 3.5 billion VND for hospital stays and travel expenses; 1.8 billion VND for air tickets, airport rentals and sales support for baby corn's mother; even 2 billion VND for baby corn's grandparents to pay off the debt to build a house...
Therefore, many comments requested statements about Ms. Thu Hoa's accounts, which she also called for on her personal page, and attached to many other bank accounts to receive contributions.
Talking to Lao Dong, MSc. Le Dinh Quyet - lecturer at Hanoi Law University, senior advisor at LVI Law Firm - said that Pham Thoai's posting of photos of invoices and lists of revenues and expenditures is not enough to make charity activities transparent.
Experts say that according to Decree 93/2021/ND-CP regulating the mobilization, reception, distribution and use of voluntary contributions to support overcoming difficulties caused by natural disasters, epidemics, incidents; supporting patients with serious illnesses, organizations and individuals are called for charity. However, this must comply with conditions on form, procedures and public reporting to ensure transparency, avoid taking advantage of the trust of the community for profit.
Accordingly, individuals mobilizing charity need to: Notify the media about the purpose, scope, method, receiving account, and time of distribution commitment; send a written notice to the People's Committee of the commune where they reside to store information for supervision; Open a separate bank account for each call to ensure transparent money management; Publicly disclose statements and explanations of revenues and expenditures after the end of the charity campaign.
If the individual calling for charity does not comply with the regulations, the authorities can intervene to verify and handle it according to the law.
"No matter what the purpose of calling for charity is, the person calling for it must still be public and transparent about the amount of money received. Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 23 of Decree 93/2021, it is stipulated that: " individuals must compile complete information on the results of receiving and using voluntary contributions to support patients with serious illnesses and make them public on the media".
This clearly stipulates the responsibility of charity calling people to publicly disclose information about the amount of money received. This means that donors have the right to know whether the amount of money they contribute is recognized and used for the right purpose or not," Mr. Le Dinh Quyet shared.
Baby comp and her mother, Ms. Le Thi Thu Hoa, are known on social media for their journey to fight cancer. On November 4, 2024, TikToker Pham Thoai called on the community to help babyap so that he can have medical expenses.
From the post and account number posted by TikToker Pham Thoai, the total amount of money received to support "littleap" is more than 16.7 billion VND. When the supporters discovered that most of the above amount had been withdrawn, leaving only more than 50 million VND..., controversy broke out, causing Pham Thoai and Ms. Hoa to face great pressure.
