The Ba Ria-Vung Tau-based private charitable fund Le An has sent VND100 million as donations to people in Haiti which was recently devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.

In their own move, artists from various countries such as Britain, Canada , New Zealand , and the US , will perform in Hanoi on February 4 to raise funds for these victims.

Joining with the global efforts to help Haitian victims, last month, the Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) sent US$20,000 in initial assistance to Haitian victims, while the Vietnamese government donated US$50,000.

According to Haitian President Rene Preval, nearly 170,000 people had died in the earthquake that hit his country on January 12.