Ms. Le Thi Lieu was born in 1986, married to Mr. Hoang Minh Thanh born in 1976. Ms. Lieu and her husband live in Ngoc Tra 2 village, Quang Chinh commune (Thanh Hoa), the couple has 3 children: Hoang Minh Thien born in 2014, Hoang Yen Chi born in 2016 and Hoang Le Phuc born in 2024.
With 3 children and a wife, Mr. Thanh works as a drug dealer to earn an income. Ms. Lieu stays at home to take care of her children and garden, and does whatever she is hired to do in the commune to earn more money. The family life is not abundant but there is enough to eat, with a total monthly income of about 10 million VND.
The disaster hit the small family in 2024, when Mr. Thanh discovered kidney cancer. More painful, in May 2025, Phuc was diagnosed with preeclampsia cancer in both eyes.
The poor couple, parents, and siblings on both sides did not wish to do anything, when they received the news, Ms. Lieu was stunned by lightning.
"Before my husband got sick, I had to hold a red book when the family had an incident. When my husband got sick, then came to my son, I took the red book, borrowed from the bank, borrowed from the Women's Union, Farmers' Union, relatives... and about 150 million VND more to have medicine to treat him," Ms. Lieu said choked up.
According to Ms. Lieu, her husband took the medicine 8 times, costing more than 200 million VND. Currently, her husband's health is better but he still has to take medicine to prevent metastasis, the cost of buying medicine is tens of millions of VND/month.
What made Ms. Lieu most heartbroken was the time when her husband was sick, she accompanied him every time he went to the hospital. Later, when Phuc got sick, she became worried about her child, so her husband had to go to the hospital and take care of himself. "Once a family member went with my husband, but later he went to the hospital himself, I thought I was heartbroken and could not hold back my tears," Ms. Lieu said sadly.
Currently, Phuc has taken medicine 3 times; his right eye is damaged and his left eye is 10% damaged. According to the doctor's prediction, the baby's right eye will need to be removed by surgery, but it has not been done yet due to the need to metabolize chemicals to prevent infection and keep the left eye safe.
Every time she took her child to the hospital, Ms. Lieu took her two older children to her parents and grandparents to take care of.
Regarding Ms. Lieu's sick child and her husband's serious illness, the Social Work Department of K Hospital and benefactors also cared about and supported her. "Sometimes I get help from my brothers and sisters with 500,000 - 1,000,000 VND. Everyone feels sorry for my poor situation, said Ms. Lieu.
Sharing with reporters, Ms. Lieu said that her biggest dream is to have a miracle to help Phuc keep her left eye, she is healthy enough to take care of her two children to continue studying and her husband to relieve the pain of illness.
Sharing with Lao Dong reporter, Mr. Tran Van Han, head of Ngoc Tra 2 village, said that Ms. Lieu's family situation is very poor. Ms. Lieu's husband has long been only selling tofu in the countryside, his wife stays at home to work in the fields and take care of her children, and does whatever he is hired to do.
"The local government and Women's Union also called on and mobilized people to support Ms. Lieu's family, but the support was just a drop in the sky. The treatment of her husband and children is still long-term, we really hope that benefactors will support Ms. Lieu to ease her burden," said Mr. Han.
All the help of LD25038 life would like to send to the Golden Heart Social Fund - 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. Account number (STK) 113000000758 at VietinBank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi; STK: 0021000303088 - At Vietcombank Hanoi Branch; STK: 12410001122556 - At BIDV Hoan Kiem Branch.
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