2018 AFF Cup champion’s keepsakes auctioned to raise funds

A ball and jersey bearing signatures of the entire team that helped Vietnam become the champion of the 2018 ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup 2018 will be put up for a fundraising auction on January 13.
2018 AFF Cup champion’s keepsakes auctioned to raise funds ảnh 1Items up for auction (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – A ball and jersey bearingsignatures of the entire team that helped Vietnam become the champion of the2018 ASEAN Federation Football (AFF) Suzuki Cup will be put up for afundraising auction on January 13.

According to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC), the itemsare gifts from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the total money raised willbe used to support needy residents and Agent Orange/dioxin victims during theTet (Lunar New Year) occasion.

Interested individuals and organisations can take alook at the items at the VRC’s headquarters at 82 Nguyen Du, Hai Ba Trungdistrict in Hanoi between now and January 12.

The auction will begin at 6pm, with starting price setat 15 billion VND (645,000 USD). The results will be announced at a charityprogramme to be broadcast live on the Vietnam Television’s VTV1 channel.

The VRC said the auction is part of its “Tet for thepoor and AO/dioxin victims” programme, which aims to collect at least 1.5million gifts for the poor, AO victims, policy beneficiaries, as well asfamilies affected by natural disasters. The VRC itself will sponsor 100,000gifts worth 7.2 billion VND (312,282 USD) to 42 provinces and cities across thecountry.

The programme also covers a mobile message campaign tocall for support from society. By texting TET to 1407 from December 15 toFebruary 14, 2019, a mobile service subscriber will contribute 20,000 VND tohelp the poor.

The “Tet for the poor and AO victims” movement hasbeen launched since 1999. So far, the campaign has raised 6.7 trillion VND(288.1 million USD) to support more than 22 million disadvantaged people and AOvictims during the traditional Tet festival. –VNA 
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