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Houses of charity handed over to the needy in HCM City

Ten houses of charity were handed over to poor households and those living near the poverty line in HCM City’s Can Gio district on December 28.
Houses of charity handed over to the needy in HCM City ảnh 1At the handover ceremony (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - Ten houses of charity werehanded over to poor households and those living near the poverty line in HCM City’sCan Gio district on December 28.

The houses were built at a cost of 700 million VND (30,360USD), raised by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committees of centrally-runcities and provinces, including 400 million VND from the VFF Committees of CanTho, Da Nang, Hai Phong, and Hanoi, with the remainder from the HCM City ThienTam (Kind Heart) Foundation through the city’s VFF Committee.

Addressing a ceremony to hand over the houses tobeneficiaries, To Thi Bich Chau, President of the HCM City VFF Committee and headof the VFF delegation, said that the gifts aim to help households settle downand promote production, thus escaping from poverty.

She wished them a warm Lunar New Year (Tet),expressing a hope that they will continue to actively engage in movementslaunched by the VFF at all levels, contributing to building a prosperous andmodern city./.
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