The annual charity programme 'Joining hands for the poor' was held in Hanoi on October 17. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the event. ".
An art performance at the charity programme (Photo: VNA)
Tran Thanh Man, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, delivers a speech at the programme (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second left) and delegates attend the programme (Photo: VNA)
Delegates at the programme (Photo: VNA)
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Delegates attend the programme (Photo: VNA)
Do Thi Mo, 83, who wrote the application for escaping poverty, attends the programme (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivers a speech at the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and delegates respond to the text messaging campaign 'For the Vietnamese Poor 2019' (Photo: VNA)
The Republic of Korea General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City and the Korean Business Association in the southern province of Binh Duong presented 219 scholarships worth over 700 million VND (30,400 USD) to poor students with outstanding academic performance on October 7.
The “Vi em hieu hoc” (Because you are studious) programme has presented 125,000 scholarships worth 125 billion VND (5.37 million USD) to studious pupils in disadvantaged communes nationwide since it was launched in 2014.
A music show, the 19th of its kind, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City and live broadcast on HTV1 and HTV9 channels at 8:45pm on October 24 to raise funds for the poor.
Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper, the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union and HCM Television held a ceremony on October 12 to grant scholarships to 15 new university students with difficult circumstances in seven southeastern provinces and cities.
The Fund for the Poor of Hanoi received over 7.2 billion VND (309,600 USD) from organisations and individuals at a ceremony held in the capital city Hanoi on October 15 to launch the Month for the Poor.