Singaporean group doles out aid to disadvantaged children
24/12/2009 | 14:19:36
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The National Fund for Vietnamese Children on Dec. 23 received a donation worth 28,500 USD from Singapore ’s Thakral Group which is made to help disadvantaged children in the country.

The fund said it would spend 330 million VND (around 18,500 USD) on supporting child flood victims in central provinces .

The rest of the finance will be used to buy milk for orphan and disabled children who are living at the care centre for the poor and children with disabilities in Ba Vi district, Hanoi ; building sanitation facilities and providing teaching aids for kindergartens in the mountainous district of Tan Lac, Hoa Binh province.

Thakral Group is one of the Singapore ’s largest conglomerates with operations worldwide in various areas, including manufacturing, logistics and property management./.
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