Vietnamese couple weighs car purchase against parents' land loan, while another family receives free IVF support

Loan and Thiện, a married couple living in the city, have saved about 500 million VND over several years and aim to buy a car costing 600‑700 million VND. Their father recently called asking for a 400 million VND loan to purchase an 80 m² plot of land near the family home for 800 million VND, promising a future resale value of up to 1.5 billion VND. Loan objects, fearing the loan would derail their car plan, while Thiện is inclined to help his parents.

In a separate story, Vang Thi Say and Sung Seo Sai, an ethnic Mong couple from Tuyên Quang province, waited nearly ten years to have a child. After years of unsuccessful attempts and limited financial means, they were selected as one of ten families to receive full funding for in‑vitro fertilisation (IVF) from the Hanoi Hospital of Reproductive Medicine, prompting an emotional reaction.