Responding to the call of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, many agencies, businesses, organizations and individuals in Vietnam and overseas have provided support through the Central Relief Mobilization Committee.

As of 5pm September 14, institutions and individuals had transferred VND1.001 trillion to the account of the committee. The committee has promised to check donations to allocate resources to localities hardest hit by storms as soon as possible. 

On September 14 alone, deputy chair of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Truong Thi Ngoc Anh received many individuals and organizations who came directly to the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front to give donations.

Of these, Most Venerable Thich Tri Quang, Supreme Patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), donated VND100 million (represented by Most Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu); Nguyen Thi Hoa from Kim Ma Thuong of Ba Dinh district in Hanoi donated VND3 million.

There were also VND7.2 million in donations from a group of overseas Vietnamese students in Springvale, Melbourne in Australia, and VND589.6 million from the businesspeople at Asia Dragon Svatykiz shopping center and neighboring areas.

Little boys and girls were also among the benefactors who came directly to the Vietnam Fatherland Front to give support to flood-stricken people. 

Le Gia Tu, 10, and Le Hai Lam, 5, brought their ‘piggybanks’ to the fatherland front and donated all the VND3 million they had. People who witnessed the opening of the ‘piggybanks’, could see quires of banknotes with small value of VND1,000 and VND2,000, and understood that they had given the money they had saved from breakfast.

Dinh Hong Duong, mother of Tu and Lam, said she brought the children to the fatherland front to hand over the gifts to storm-affected people, so that they can better understand the difficulties of people. She also hopes that her children can have a ‘heart of gold’ and share difficulties with pupils in flooded areas.

Prior to that, on September 13, Dao Minh Duc, a fourth grader at Nguyen Du Primary School in Hanoi, was led by his father to the fatherland front to give direct donations. The student also wrote a letter to parents and children in flooded areas, expressing sympathy to the people and children living in flooded areas and hoping they soon overcome all difficulties.

Duc and his son decided to give donations via the fatherland front because he believes in the good reputation of the social organization. The Vietnam Fatherland Front has recently publicized bank statements with details about donations and donors, which ensures that donations are allocated in a transparent way.

He went on to say that though donations from every family are small, if all families in Vietnam are willing to share what they have with the people in difficult areas, the support will be enough to help them overcome difficulties.

Feeling moved when receiving savings from the children, Anh thanked their parents and families for educating and supporting the children's feelings and sharing with people in difficulties.

“We hope that family traditions will continue to be nurtured and preserved so that children can grow up into people who love other people and their compatriots," said Anh.

The storm has passed, while the feelings and sharing with the people in the flood-affected areas will exist forever in the hearts of every Vietnamese person.

Anh stressed that all the donations, big and small, are valuable. The gifts not only bear material value but also demonstrate spiritual value, embodying the Vietnamese spirit and solidarity.

She hopes that the affection and heart of organizations and individuals continue to spread, giving more confidence and energy to the people affected by storm to quickly overcome difficulties and stabilize their lives.

Anh said that the Central Relief Mobilization Committee will use the funds for the right purposes and in an effective way, and allocate donations promptly, openly and transparently, in accordance with the provisions of the law, so that support can reach the needy.

Thu Hang