More than 164 billion VND, or nearly 6.2 million USD, was pledged to the Ho Chi Minh City Fund for the Poor at the City of Compassion – Connecting Love art exchange programme held on October 17.
At the event, the Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee launched the 2026 Month for the Poor, which will run from October 17 to November 18. The campaign aims to promote the city’s traditions of solidarity and compassion and support sustainable poverty reduction goals.
The campaign also seeks contributions to the Fund for the Poor and support for practical programmes, projects and initiatives for disadvantaged people.
With an estimated budget of around 100 billion VND, the campaign will support housing construction and repairs, livelihood resources and employment opportunities, education and healthcare, and poor and near-poor households, children, older people, people with disabilities and others facing exceptional hardship.
Earlier, at a social welfare programme held in response to the Month for the Poor, the Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee presented 1,500 scholarships, provided educational assistance to 13 ethnic minority students and allocated funding to purchase 750 health insurance cards for local residents. The total value of the support was 8.57 billion VND.
The same day, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Vinh Long province held a conference to review the Fund for the Poor, launch the 2026 Month for the Poor and honour organisations and individuals for their contributions to social welfare during 2024–2026.
According to the committee, from October 2025 to September 30, 2026, the province’s Fund for the Poor mobilisation boards at all levels raised 156.5 billion VND.
In addition, the committee and its member organisations mobilised more than 711.2 billion VND for social welfare programmes. From 2024 to September 30, 2026, more than 557 contributions from organisations, individuals, businesses and religious organisations inside and outside the province were recorded. Total funding for local social welfare programmes was estimated at around 1.7 trillion VND.
Sources: VietnamPlus / Vietnam News Agency
