VietNamNet Bridge – Poor people can get free meals in many places in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This form of charity has recently attracted the attention of the public.


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From 5 am, after going to market, monks and Buddhists at the Linh Son Pagoda (Hanoi) begin preparing rice and rice gruel for 750 people, who are poor patients at the Cancer and Tumor Hospital (Photo Giadinh.net.vn)




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They divide rice and rice gruel into equal rations. (Photo Giadinh.net.vn)



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Transporting the food to the hospital. (Photo Giadinh.net.vn)




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Distributing the food to the poor patients. This form of charity has been implemented since 2006. (Photo Giadinh.net.vn)




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A free rice gruel pot for 500 patients at the Hanoi Lung Hospital on Sunday morning. Photo TP




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VND5,000 rice meals at the Central Pedistrics Hospital. Photo Afamily



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From April to June 2012, 18,200 meals (each meal coupons worth VND15,000) were distributed free to the poor students of the Ho Chi Minh City National University. Photo Zing.vn




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Every day 200 free meals are distributed to poor students in the school. Photo Zing.vn



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In Hanoi, based on the fact there are a lot of poor elderly and workers who cannot afford a bowl of pho (Vietnamese noodle,) recently, a pho shop owner in Khuong Trung street, Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi has provided 100 free bowls of pho for the poor on Sunday. Photo VNE



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Thus, for the first time, the poor have a chance to enjoy a free bowl of chicken noodle.
Photo: VNE

Compiled by Minh Minh