The Da Nang Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee has carried out many activities to support local poor and ethnic minority people.

FF Da Nang presents gifts to orphans and disadvantaged children on the occasion of the International Children Day (Source: mattran.danang.gov.vn)

Vice President of the VFF Da Nang Nguyen Dang Hai told the committee’s conference on Monday that the organisation implemented numerous practical activities in the first half of 2018.

In particular, the committee presented 450 Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts worth 281 million VND (12,200 USD) to families belonging to Co Tu and Hoa ethnic minority groups and poor households in Hoa Vang district, along with 3,450 gifts worth more than 1.7 billion VND (73,700 USD) to the poor in the city during a New Year festival.

The committee’s district, ward and commune chapters also appealed for donations to grant 50,170 presents worth 26.5 billion VND (1.15 million USD) to local poor people.

Additionally, the municipal front spent 3.38 billion VND (147,000 USD) from the “For poor people” fund on building 64 houses and repairing 45 houses for poor families.

Units also intensified disseminations on food hygiene and safety, crime prevention and firefighting to raise public awareness of these issues.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)