List of Doraemon chapters
The Japanese children's manga series "Doraemon" was written and illustrated by Fujiko Fujio. It was serialized in various children's manga magazines published by Shogakukan. Total of eight-hundred and fifty chapters were collected in tankōbon by Shogakukan under imprint. The first volume was published on July 31, 1974 and the last forty-fifth volume on April 26, 1996. The series is about a robotic cat named Doraemon, who travels back in time from the 22nd century to aid a pre-teen boy called .
Doraemon in Vietnam
The Doraemon Scholarship Fund was founded in 1996 by Nguyễn Thắng Vu and Fujiko F.Fujio with the fund of 1 billion VND, included the royalties of publishing the manga between 1992 - 1996 and some profits from the manga's release. The fund was later increased by the profits of publishing the manga and totaled over 4 billion VND as of 2010. The fund was provided over 6,000 scholarships to poor students in Vietnam. Nguyễn Thắng Vu also donated 1 billion VND to the fund before his death on October 14, 2010. The Doraemon Scholarship Fund was considered as one of the first non-governmental education and culture fund in Vietnam.