The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committees at all levels in Ho Chi Minh City have provided nearly 200,000 gift packages worth about 110 billion VND (4.36 million USD) for disadvantaged people and policy beneficiary families on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the city’s VFF Committee announced on February 4.
Ho Chi Minh City's Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee presents Tet gifts to disadvantaged people in Thu Duc city. (Photo: VFF)
During the Tet festival, the Standing Board of the municipal VFF Committee coordinated with local agencies to implement activities to support disadvantaged people across the city. It collaborated with the State Bank of Vietnam’s HCM City Branch to support poor and near-poor households in building new houses or repair old homes.
For the first time, the committee organised the Spring of Solidarity – Beloved Tet of 2025 programme in 273 residential areas across the city, featuring cultural activities, folk games, and support for families in need and those with policy-related circumstances.
The city’s VFF Committee also joined local social security agencies to provide health insurance cards to disadvantaged residents with a budget of over 1 billion VND.
It partnered with the city’s Department of Culture and Sports to organise a Tet decoration contest that saw the participation of 6,598 entries across the city.
The committee also raised funds worth 1.6 billion VND to support disadvantaged residents in the provinces of Tay Ninh, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, and Binh Phuoc during the Tet festival./.
VNA