HCMC – The Saigon Times Group, in collaboration with the HCMC Red Cross Society, will donate 750 gift sets to people who have lost their jobs due to Covid-19 on April 17 and 18.
The donations fall under the Saigon Times–Noi Vong Tay Lon program, which aims to help mitigate the difficulties faced by the disadvantaged amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The gift presentation ceremonies will be held at the Thu Duc District Red Cross at 36 Doan Ket Street, Binh Tho Ward, at 9 a.m., April 17; at the District 9 Red Cross on La Xuan Oai Street, Tang Nhon Phu A Ward, at 2 p.m., April 17; and at the Binh Thanh District Red Cross at 53 Vu Tung Street, Ward 2, at 9 p.m., April 18.
Each gift set worth VND300,000 contains instant noodles, cooking oil, fish sauce, salt, sugar, rice and monosodium glutamate.
The Saigon Times Group earlier donated one ton of rice to charity meal providers Nu Cuoi 7 and Bep Vui Ve on April 13.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a severe impact on the livelihoods of many people, especially the poor and the vulnerable. Many self-employed workers are now mired in hardship, and some are even unable to afford the cost of their daily meals or monthly rent.
The Saigon Times–Noi Vong Tay Lon program was created to help vulnerable people overcome their difficulties amid this health crisis by distributing food and other daily necessities among them.
The program has received donations amounting to VND250 million from many generous individuals and companies, such as Vinamit JSC, An Cuong Wood Working JSC and Yuanta Securities Vietnam.
