Hanoi: A resident of Hanoi’s outer district of Chương Mỹ has been providing ambulance services for his neighbours and strangers for the past 20 years. Vương Văn Thanh used to serve in the car squadron that delivered necessities to the army during the Vietnam War. In 1990 he retired, bought a van of his own and started delivering passengers on short routes from his hometown to Hà Đông District.
It was during this time that he started picking up sick strangers on the road and taking them to hospitals. One of his first passengers was a woman whose child was suffering from severe asthma.
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