13-year-old boy’s bicycle and slippers go to charity auction

by VTV404 April 2019 Last updated at 08:34 AM

VTV.vn - The story of 13-year-old Vì Quyết Chiến from the Northern Province of Sơn La has gotten thousands of shares on social networks.

He recently drove his bicycle, which had no brakes, for 103 kilometers to get to Hanoi to visit his ill younger brother. Recently, the bicycle and slippers he used during the journey were auctioned for 103 million VND (about 4,400 USD). This money, along with donations, will be given to his family to treat his brother.

People call his story bicycles and flip flops of love and will. Chiến has been receiving help from kind passersby such as bus drivers and doctors.

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