SMS campaign launched to support the poor

19/8/19

The Ministry of Information and Communications, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the standing board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, launched a text message campaign on August 17 to pool support for the impoverished nationwide.

The campaign, entitled “Join hands for the poor”, is part of the activities to realise the nation’s sustainable poverty alleviation, and respond to the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the Day for the Poor in Vietnam (October 17).

Supporters can join the programme by texting “VNN n” to 1407 from 00:00 of August 19 to 24:00 of December 31. Each mobile text message will contribute at least 20,000 VND (0.86 USD) to the impoverished. 

For more detailed information, participants can call 19001530 or access the website 1400.vn.

The money raised from the campaign will be used to help the poor residing in areas facing special socio-economic difficulties, and ethnic minority groups. 

The programme is scheduled at the Cultural Friendship Palace at No.91 Tran Hung Dao Street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, and will be broadcast live on VTV1.

According to the multi-dimensional poverty standards during 2016-2020, Vietnam is now home to 1.3 million impoverished households, or 5.23 percent of the total population, and more than 1.23 million near-poor households who need help to stabilise livelihoods.

During 2016-2018, some 13.8 billion VND (595,400 USD) was mobilised by SMS campaigns through the National Humanitarian Portal 1400./.
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1
Me Too! 19/8/19 19:48

All proceeds will be donated to poor children and orphans nationwide that will help more households escape from poverty.

2
John Smith 19/8/19 19:49

The funding will focus on providing public health care services, scholarships to poor students and activities to protect the environment.

3
Duncan 19/8/19 19:51

It benefits disadvantaged households!

4
Voice of people 19/8/19 19:52

The country has used the 2019 Fund for the Poor to replace makeshift residences with brick houses by the end of the year, especially for households with family members that made contributions to the national independence and reunification.

5
Egan 19/8/19 19:54

The event aims to honour local and international individuals and organisations which have supported needy people, joined charitable activities and contributed to the Fund for the Poor.

6
Gentle Moon 19/8/19 19:56

Supporting poor people is promoting people's right of pursuing happiness!

7
Kevin Evans 19/8/19 19:58

The money has been used to build and repair a lot of houses for impoverished households across the country and to implement thousands of projects and social welfare programmes targeting the disadvantaged.

8
Herewecome 19/8/19 19:59

he programme proves that efforts are spread across the whole society, having a deep sense of humanity and social security.

9
yobro yobro 19/8/19 19:59

It will express our country’s moral tradition la lanh dum la rach (the intact leaves protect tattered ones), contributing to helping the poor escape from poverty.

10
Swift Hoodie 19/8/19 20:01

It also signals that poverty reduction work has been more sustainable than before.

11
Vietnam Love 19/8/19 20:02

The Ministry of Information and Communications was instructed to work with communications companies to help the text message campaign run smoothly.

12
Robinson Jones 19/8/19 20:04

The Party and State always care for the life of poor people, particularly those living in central Vietnam who suffered from many losses during the past wars and have been struggling to make ends meet.

13
Red Star 19/8/19 20:06

Meanwhile, every Vietnam Fatherland Chapter in of our country has closely co-ordinated with the People’s Committees in all 63 cities and provinces to build and repair almost 1.5 million houses for the poor.

14
Enda Thompson 19/8/19 20:08

Viva Vietnam has launched a new campaign to call on people from all walks of life to join efforts in building new rural areas and civilised urban areas.

15
Jacky Thomas 19/8/19 20:13

The campaign now is closely co-ordinated between the Fatherland Front and the Government.

16
For A Peace World 19/8/19 20:14

Many social organisations nationwide have joined in campaign, including the Vietnam Farmers’ Union, the Vietnam Women’s Union, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Vietnam War Veterans.

17
Wilson Pit 19/8/19 20:15

I’m confident that our poverty alleviation program will be successful and sustainable. What’s more important is that poor households will become richer in a decent way.

18
LawrenceSamuels 19/8/19 20:17

We need helping hands from other social and political organisations, as well as great efforts from the people themselves, and we need a strong management mechanism to ensure the fund will be used safely and efficiently.

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Allforcountry 19/8/19 20:18

More than 1.15 million poor households and policy beneficiaries gained access to preferential loans in the first half of 2019, according to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies.

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Socialist Society 19/8/19 20:19

There is need more assistance from local authorities toward the operations in a bid to increase resources helping people overcome poverty.

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