VIETNAM HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION (VINAHF) is a purely charitable organization based in New Jersey USA.

VINAHF is approved by the US Government as a non-profit, tax-exempt and charitable organization according to US law 501c(3).

Therefore, by law VINAHF is a non-governmental (NGO),non-religious, non-political organization, VINAHF focuses purely on charitable and humanitarian mission to alleviate the suffering, to give hopes, and help the unfortunate, underprivileged to have better life, better future.

VINAHF operates on the principle of non-discrimination without most respect to the poor, and giving help as “no giver, no receiver, no object given”.

Our overhead expenses are capped at 5% of the donation values.

After 20 years, VINAHF has established a network of dedicated volunteers who have been effectively distributing our help directly to the needy people.

Donations from donors will be directly to the poor via many successful on-going VINAHF programs well established across the countries with the reliable, strong support from our capable, experienced, local volunteers.

As a 501c(3) organization, all donations to VINAHF will be exempted to the tax law in USA.

How We Serve The Poor

Typical Success Stories

Scholarship

A Message of Hope

VINAHF has a scholarship program where the poor and well-deserved studends will directly get the sponsorship, care from anyone who supports this program, and who are willing to help those kids to achieve their education dreams. During the relief trip in 2009. A VINAHF representative met these students. An orphan, Luong Mot, shared his story with others. Growing up from an orphanage, with the humble help from VINAHF, he will soon be a Civil Engneer graduated from University of Da Nang. His success is a inspirational story for other students who currently in the same uphill battle to get out of their families’ poverty loops, and Mot also conveyed the message on helping each others whenever we can, with whatever we have. He promised that he would live up VINAHF’s expectation which is “To help others as the way he got helped.” His message is the Hope to other students who are being sponsored under VINAHF scholarship program, hopefully will be successful in their education dreams as he does.

Microfinance

Micro Finance

Transforming Lives Through Micro Finance
VINAHF Micro Finance Program offers crucial loans to uplift impoverished families, with a strong focus on empowering women to generate income and improve their circumstances.
Consider one typical examples of our micro-loan recipients whose business is thriving. She is delighted to have acquired her third cow in under two years since the VINAHF loan was disbursed.
This program is fundamentally about supporting women to use their skills and labor for lasting improvement. It is a core purpose of VINAHF Micro-Finance to drive gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. As of April 2025, our program has reached almost 300 vulnerable families had received VINAHF Micro loans.

Orphan Supports

Visit Duc Son Temple

Among other orphanages across the country under VINAHF sponsorship, Cô Nhi Viện Đức Sơn at Huế, Vietnam (Duc Son Orphans Center at Hue) receives our regularly supports.
This video clip is our last visit to Duc Son in Dec 2019 before COVID19 pandemic outbreak.
During Covid19, Duc Son along with other orphanages has received our reliefs, along with the VINAHF commitments that these sponsored orphans would not be hungry during the tough time of lockdowns because COVID19.