Over the past year, a group of young people in Da Nang have became actively involved in giving free late-night food to sanitation workers, lottery ticket sellers, and ‘xe om’ (motorbike taxi) drivers who have been still working in streets although the city has fallen asleep. The meaningful action has left a deep impression on late-night food receivers.

A female sanitation worker is happy at receiving a free late-night food

As the night became quite, vehicle repairer Tran Viet Hung took a rest on his chair on pavement nearby the intersection of the Ha Huy Tap and Dien Bien Phu streets.

Suddenly, two young people came close to him, and gave him a nylon bag of bread and milk.

Mr Hung couldnot hide his emotions as receiving such meaningful gift from young local people after around 10 years of repairing vehicles free-of-charge for pupils, students and disabled people there.

The two people are currently members of a volunteer group founded by Mr Vinh Dao. Every Saturday night, the group members ride their motorbikes around the city to give free food to people who have to earn their living at night. The food include soya milk, dumplings or breads.

The group members are divided into smaller groups which are responsible for specific areas, including the Con, Han and Hoa Khanh markets, plus Duy Tan, Nguyen Huu Tho, Le Duan, Nguyen Sinh Sac streets.

A nylon bag of a dumpling and hot soy milk

Each trip has the participation of between 10 and 15 members, and they only return their homes when giving out a total of 150 prepared portions of food to needy people per night.

Apart from Mr Vinh Dao’s volunteer group, other groups have been doing this meaningful activitiy, including the University of Education’s social work team and the Huong Lam charity group.

Nguyen Ngoc Sinh, a student from the Da Nang University of Medicine and Pharmacy Technology, said helping others brought good feelings to him. He felt more worthy of good deeds himself and he felt more connected to others.