Chairwoman of the Hanoi VFF Committee Nguyen Lan Huong (fourth from the left) honours Buddhist monks and nuns for the donations. (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)Addressing the ceremony,Chairwoman of the Hanoi VFF Committee Nguyen Lan Huong asked the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Hanoi to spread the compassionatespirit of Buddhism among the community and accompany the VFF chapters at alllevels in performing social welfare work towards fulfilling the goal ofsustainable poverty reduction of the city in 2022 and following years.
According to the HanoiVFF Committee’s report, giving help to the poor is one of main tasks of VFFchapters at all levels in the city, in which raising funds to improve housingconditions for disadvantaged households is an important activity.
As of the end of 2021,there were still 3,612 poor families living in substandard housing in Hanoi. VFFchapters and local administrations in the city have been calling for donationsfrom organisations, agencies, enterprises and individuals to upgrade or buildnew houses for those families./.