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Get-together to honour contributors to “Fund for the poor”

A get-together will be held in Hanoi on October 1 to honour and commend businesses, entrepreneurs, collectives and individuals who make outstanding contributions to the “Fund for the poor” and social welfare activities in 2017-2019.
Get-together to honour contributors to “Fund for the poor” ảnh 1At the preparatory meeting (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A get-together willbe held in Hanoi on October 1 to honour and commend businesses, entrepreneurs,collectives and individuals who make outstanding contributions to the “Fund forthe poor” and social welfare activities in 2017-2019.

The event will be co-organised by the Vietnam FatherlandFront (VFF) Central Committee and the Central Steering Committee for NationalTarget Programmes, heard a preparatory meeting in Hanoi on September 24.

President ofthe VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man said the money raised through the fundwill be used to help poor people to build around 1,000 houses and help themimprove living conditions and get out of poverty.

He asked the movement department of the VFFCentral Committee to coordinate with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs to review the list of poor households to assist them with houseconstruction.

By the end of August 2019, the “Fund for thepoor” received 48.9 billion VND (2.1 million USD), including 42.5 billion VNDdonated by 231 agencies, organisations and individuals, and 6.3 billion VNDraised from 30,000 text messages through the National Humanitarian Portal 1400.

At present, 22 agencies and individuals aremaking procedures to transfer 39.4 billion VND they have committed to the fund./.
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