The KidSmart software is designed to stimulate the children’s creativity, ability of thinking, problem solving and community integration.

It also features fun and interactive games that are ideal for young patrons age three up to seven and is designed to stimulate the children’s creativity, ability of thinking, problem solving and community integration.

Since 2001, IBM has donated 537 such learning kits worth more than US$1.6 million in total for Vietnam benefitting nearly 20,000 children and 1,000 teachers.

To date, IBM has granted over US$106 million in support of millions of poor students in more than 60 countries and territories around the world.

*** Also on July 8, representatives from the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) presented gifts to children with harelips and cleft palates at Hanoi-based Vietnam-Cuba hospital.

The child patients received free surgeries following a charity programme jointly organized by the NFVC and Operation Smile International, which has pledged support for over 1,000 Vietnamese children this year.

By June 30, as many as 806 child patients were provided with free medical check-ups and treatment, including 508 cases receiving free surgeries worth approximately VND3 billion.