Retailers support 50,000 poor households ahead of Tet
Aid packages worth 15 billion VND (650,000 USD) will be sent out before the end of January, with 1,000 tonnes of rice being presented to 50,000 poor households in 54 cities and provinces nationwide prior to the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Volunteers help carrying 1,000 tonnes of rice to poor beneficiaries of the charity programme. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - Aid packages worth 15 billion VND (650,000USD) will be sent out before the end of January, with 1,000 tonnes of rice beingpresented to 50,000 poor households in 54 cities and provinces nationwide priorto the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
The programme is being held by The Gioi Di Dong (Mobile World), Vietnam’slargest mobile phone and consumer electronics retailer, and other global brandsand suppliers.
The programme handed over 6 tonnes of rice to 300 poor families in KimThuy commune in central Quang Binh province’s Le Thuy district on January 13. Another201 other locations will also receive rice in the coming time.
The Gioi Di Dong CEO Doan Van Hieu Em said the assistance is to help easethe difficulties being faced by beneficiaries and allow them to enjoy Tet.
This is the first time the company has joined hands with majorinternational partners such as Samsung, LG, Sony, and Panasonic to arrange acharity drive, he added, expressing his hope that more donors will engage inthe programme and reach out to more people in need.
The Gioi Di Dong and its retail chain Dien may Xanh also carried out afundraising campaign to support victims of the 2020 storms and floods./.
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Volunteers help carrying 1,000 tonnes of rice to poor beneficiaries of the charity programme. (Photo: VNA)
