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HCM City: 9th Lawrence S.Ting Walk in January

The 9th Lawrence S.Ting Charity Walk will take place on January 11 in Phu My Hung Urban Area of District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.
The 9th Lawrence S.Ting Charity Walk will take place on January 11 inPhu My Hung Urban Area of District 7, Ho Chi Minh City.

According to the organsers, 11,500 people have registered to walk thewalk with donations of over 1.2 billion VND (roughly 60,000 USD) as byDec. 26.

For the purpose of raising fund for poorpeople in the city, the charity walk has to date collected more than 14billion VND, including 2.4 billion VND in 2013.

The organiser, the Phu My Hung Company, has eagerly taken part in othercommunity-target programmes, such as granting Lawrence S.Tingscholarships to local students with poor living conditions, and donatingwheelchairs to the disabled and medical equipment to hospitalsnationwide.-VNA
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