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Charity market brings food and essentials to the poor in Da Nang to celebrate Tet

By DA NANG Today / DA NANG Today
February 01, 2021, 17:02 [GMT+7]

In response to the ‘Lunar New Year (Tet Festival) for the Poor and Victim of Agent Orange’ campaign launched by the Viet Nam Red Cross Society, a charity market opened at the headquarters of the Da Nang Red Cross Society last weekend.

Hosted by the Da Nang Red Cross Society, the event aimed to help underprivileged people across Da Nang to celebrate a warm and happy Tet.

Chairwoman of the Da Nang Red Cross Society Le Thi Nhu Hong remarked each person, who visited the market, was allowed to choose and buy some products totalling a maximum of 300,000VND on market shelves for zero dong.

Deputy Director of the Co-op Mart Danang Le Quang Thanh said this is the second time this year the Co-op Mart Danang has partnered with the Da Nang Red Cross Society to organise such event to provide practical support for the needy in the city.

“Apart from providing free products for the poor, Co-op Mart Danang also offered up to 50% discount on hundreds of essential items on sale at the charity market” Mr Thanh revealed.

As of 29 January, Da Nang Red Cross Society and its chapters across the city have together donated 7,114 Tet gifts totalling more than 3.3 billion VND, to the poor, people affected by Covid-19 and victims of Agent Orange across Da Nang.

In an effort to ensure safety of visitors to the ‘humanitarian market’ amid Covid-19 fears, shoppers had their body temperature taken and they were asked to clean their hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel before doing shopping there.
In an effort to ensure safety of shoppers at the charity market amid Covid-19 fears, shoppers had their body temperature taken, and they were asked to clean their hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel before doing shopping there.
The event’s organisers gave a combined total of 1,000 coupons to disadvantaged people in the districts of Hai Chau, Thanh Khe, Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son to exchange for goods at the market. The recipients included victims of Agent Orange, the disabled, single elderly people, single women, and families living near, or having been recently lifted above, the city's poverty thresholds.
The event’s organisers gave a combined total of 1,000 coupons to the poor in the districts of Hai Chau, Thanh Khe, Son Tra and Ngu Hanh Son to collect food and essentials at the charity market. The recipients included victims of Agent Orange, the disabled, single elderly people, single women, and poor families.
With a coupon, each person, who visited the market, was allowed to choose and buy some products totalling a maximum of 300,000VND on market shelves for zero dong.
With a coupon, each person, who visited the market, was allowed to choose and buy some products totalling a maximum of 300,000VND on market shelves for zero dong.
The market supplied those in need with such essential goods as rice, eggs, cooking oil, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and confectionery.
The charity market offered such essential goods as rice, eggs, cooking oil, soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and confectionery for the needy
Staff of the organising board assisting an elderly woman to do shopping at the market
Staff of the organising board assisting an elderly woman to do shopping at the charity market
The ‘humanitarian market’ offered hundreds of products at very preferential prices
Apart from providing free food and essentials for shoppers, the charity market offered hundreds of products at very preferential prices
The operation of the ‘humanitarian market’ model significantly contributed to helping disadvantaged people to celebrate a warm and happy Tet.
The charity market significantly contributed to helping the poor people to celebrate a warm and happy Tet

 By XUAN SON - Translated by M.D

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