Hai Duong(VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of the northern provinceof Hai Duong held a meeting on December 27 to launch a programme to call forsupport to the poor during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).
The programme aims to provide each needy household with a gift worth 500,000VND (22 USD).
It will start from January 1 to February 2, 2018, during which agencies,organisations, enterprises and donors are encouraged to help the poor through theprovincial VFF Committee and socio-political organisations or directly sendingthe gifts to the needy.
As schedule, the giftswill be delivered to the beneficiaries by February 10, 2018.
At the meeting, Presidentof the provincial VFF Committee Vuong Duc Sang asked local departments,agencies and organisations to actively respond to the programme, whilestrengthening communications on it among the public.
Sang also requestedlocalities to promptly review the number of needy households to ensure giftsare given to right people.
Currently, Hai Duonghas 21,104 poor households.-VNA