i am trying to raise money to help a few children in viet nam that have a disease called EPIDEMILYSIS BULLOSO:?

where are you going built these? in the city? province

Lenovo is spot on! You may think you're entitled to set up shop and do good deeds but the authorities, as I found out, have different ideas. I organised an operation for a young lad with a cleft lip through Operation Smile. It was a complete success but a couple of weeks later I got a visit from the police and immigration who informed me in no uncertain terms that I had violated the terms of my tourist visa by doing so. They more or less said keep your nose out of Vietnamese business. I had to do some fast talking and give assurances it wouldn't happen again. A friend who gives away tricycles to disabled people got chased out of one town she went to by the authorities. I understand it I suppose, they don't want foreign do gooders undermining the authority of the local People's Committee and sewing dissent. The other thing you need to understand is this. What works for some kids may not for others and if anything went wrong you would be held responsible, no ifs, no buts! Unless you are a qualified doctor and have permission from the local authorities I'd be rethinking that plan.

P.S. I see you're a romantic. As Michael Caine says in the opening scenes of Graham Greene's ''The Quiet American'' when you come to Vietnam you will understand a lot of things in a few minutes, the rest has got to be lived.

''i'm guessing they don't see it as me stepping on their toes but see me as just shareing with my friends''

That's a wild guess. There have been a lot of people come to Vietnam full of good intentions and most have left with their tail between there legs! Some have even written books about the experience. You say Communism is about sharing, and in a sense you're right. The Australia Aboriginal and I suspect the American Indian are true Communists in that sense but the Vietnamese are not and never have been. There's a pecking order in this country and the last thing a foreigner wants to do is interfere with it. Just remember the old adage.....The King's rule ends at the village gate!

P.S.S. One thing the officials couldn't understand when I helped the little raglai boy with the cleft lip was why I'd want to help someone outside my wife's family and outside my wife's town. They just couldn't understand the logic behind that.

Becareful ............... many try to helps disable in viet nam they got KICKED OUT from the country. Follow your heart ,don't give money to the COMMUNIST MOBS.

what is the total cost to do all of these things you've listed