We came to the level 4 house supported by philanthropists built in 2013, located deep in a small deserted road in Phuoc Loi hamlet, Phu Quoi commune. The house is as quiet as the troubled life of Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Minh's family.
Discovered to have nasopharyngeal cancer since 2023, Mr. Minh (born 1975) - the main breadwinner in the family - was forced to stop working as a hired laborer for a long time for treatment. During the time of fighting illness, his health was depleted, and the family's economy gradually fell into poverty.
Before getting sick, Mr. Minh went to load rice at rice mills, raising his wife and two sons. The house had no land, all expenses depended on labor wages. Life was just temporarily stable when an upheaval struck.
Ms. Le Thi Nga - Mr. Minh's wife said that the family had just escaped poverty when Mr. Minh got sick. In the early days, there was not enough money for treatment, the illness lasted, and when it became severe, he borrowed money everywhere to be hospitalized.
In 2025, Mr. Minh underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy at Can Tho City Oncology Hospital. Each course costs nearly 30 million VND, half is paid by insurance, the rest is borrowed by the family, and to date, he still owes tens of millions of VND.
His health is increasingly deteriorating, he cannot eat rice, only uses thin soup. Talking is also difficult because the tumor affects his throat. Every month he has a re-examination, incurring additional car and medicine costs outside the insurance list.
The burden fell on Mrs. Nga and her two 23-year-old and 22-year-old sons. In the days when Mr. Minh was healthy, the whole family wove more than 20 products, earning just enough for a simple meal. But when Mr. Minh was hospitalized, the work almost stopped. Each week, the two sons earned about 200-400 thousand VND from petty hired work.
Both children finished 6th grade and then dropped out of school to work as hired laborers because the family was too poor. The children once dreamed of learning a trade, having a stable job to have money to treat their father's illness," Ms. Nga added.
Mr. Le Tuan Hai, a neighbor, said that Mr. Minh's family had been in difficulty before, without land for production. Now prolonged illness has made everything even more deadlocked. According to Mr. Hai, what they are most worried about is the unfinished future of their two children.
Neighbors also gave a few tens or hundreds of thousands when Mr. Minh was hospitalized, but everyone was poor, so they helped a little. I just hope there are philanthropists to support more so that the family can overcome this difficult time," Mr. Hai shared.
According to Mr. Pham Van Son - Head of Phuoc Loi hamlet, before getting sick, Mr. Minh was the main breadwinner in the family, diligently working as a hired laborer to earn a living. Since he fell ill, the economy has collapsed, and all expenses depend on the precarious water hyacinth weaving profession of his wife and children.
Now he is seriously ill, his health is very weak, his wife is weaving water hyacinth to live day by day, and his two children are at home helping their mother. The family circumstances are very pitiful, the local authorities also care but the support is still limited," Mr. Son shared.
In the small, quiet house, the mother's biggest wish is to have money to treat her husband's illness and create conditions for her children to learn a trade and have stable jobs.
All help for life situation LD26042 please send to Tam Long Vang Charity Social Fund - 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. Account number (STK) 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi; Account number: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank Hanoi Branch; Account number: 12410001122556 - at BIDV Hoan Kiem Branch.
Or contact directly Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Minh (Phuoc Loi hamlet, Phu Quoi commune). Or via phone number: 0372. 636. 430
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