Cong Vinh: 'The noise about charity has caused Thuy Tien and I to lose a lot'

Lost many contracts after the scandal

- After the statement of more than 177 billion VND, do you believe that the couple will regain their honor and public trust?

I believe in the fairness of the law. When someone slanders or defames our reputation, we believe that the law will take appropriate measures.

In our country, the law is very strict, so we must rely on the law to regain our civil rights.

- Charity requires statements, what do you think about this?

Statements are a way to prove your transparency. If you do charity clearly, there is nothing to fear.

Over the past time, we have lost a lot of things. They broke many advertising contracts, fake accounts went to the websites of brands to attack, curse and mark 1 star so that many brands did not dare to cooperate with us.

Cong Vinh and Thuy Tien during the charity donation statement. Photo: NSCC.

- It seems not this year.How smooth was it for you and your husband? After this charity noise, what do you think about the importance of transparency and openness when donating to charity?

At this point, we think we don’t need to prove anything anymore because it’s all in the statements that have been made public. It will be used as evidence to send to the authorities and the police investigation agency for them to get involved.

Will continue to do charity if circumstances allow

- If you continue to be questioned by the online community, will you get discouraged or want to quit charity work?

We see that whether or not to do charity in the future does not depend on what anyone says. If we feel it is necessary, we will help the poor. If someone else has already done it, then that is it.

But that doesn't mean we stop doing charity or don't do charity anymore. It depends on the situation and the time.

Cong Vinh and Thuy Tien couple during the charity donation statement at the end of 2020. Photo: NSCC.

- Many people think that charity statements alone are not enough, but need an independent auditor to prove your transparency?

We thought about this from the beginning. Then we also contacted the big auditing units in Vietnam and they said that there is no law on personal auditing, they can only audit businesses.

- At the end of last year, when Thuy Tien did charity work, many people saw in the videos that she gave out money quite freely. Will this cause the public to misunderstand that you did charity work without a plan?

This can be easily misunderstood if you look at the videos. When we go to distribute money, we always prepare a detailed plan. First, we work with the local government and then have to go through the provincial leaders. Next, the provincial leaders instruct the representative of the Fatherland Front there to go with us. At the district and commune levels, they will make a list of households that need help so that we can distribute money conveniently.

Every time she distributed money, Thuy Tien always distributed it according to a pre-existing list and was supervised and checked by the local authorities. Wherever we went, we had papers from the People's Committee and the Fatherland Front of each ward and commune, with signatures and stamps. So, there was no way we could just go and distribute it and have them stamp it for us.