Thanh Chuong Association in the Southern region supports the scholarship fund and builds houses for poor households in the hometown.
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of July 2, in Ho Chi Minh City, the annual meeting of the Thanh Chuong Association in the Southern region took place.
Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Nghe An Provincial People's Council.
Also attending were leaders of the Nghe An Province Association in Ho Chi Minh City; leaders of the District Party Committee, People's Committee, People's Council, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Thanh Chuong District and many guests and members who are children living, studying and working in the Southern region.
On behalf of the Executive Committee of the Association, Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh - Permanent Vice President of the Association reported on the Association's activities from November 2022 to present.
Immediately after its establishment, the Executive Committee of the Association gradually improved its personnel, the Advisory Board, the Education Promotion Board, the Thanh Chuong Business Club in the Southern region, and implemented many meaningful and practical activities towards the homeland and the Thanh Chuong community in the South.
Specifically, launching the Education Promotion Fund worth 1 billion VND; allocating 200 million VND from the charity fund to support the people of the district during the natural disasters and floods in October 2022; supporting 50 million VND for 4 cases of Thanh Chuong people living in the district, students, workers in difficult circumstances, and those in trouble; Through the Nghe An Association in Ho Chi Minh City, the Association supported 150 million VND to build Bac Ly 2 Primary School, Ky Son district and people of the province affected by natural disasters, storms and floods...
In addition, the Association also actively supports the launch of the fellow countrymen association and the fellow countrymen liaison committee at the commune level in the district; organizes many sports activities, attracting a large number of members to participate in competitions and cheering: football tournaments, tennis tournaments...
At the meeting, the Association organized a ceremony to award Certificates of Merit and a reward to encourage the learning spirit of the Association's students with the amount of 24.5 million VND...; at the same time, mobilized members to participate in contributing to the study encouragement fund, thereby helping, supporting and encouraging the children of the district in a timely manner, promoting the tradition of studiousness that has existed for thousands of years.
Comrade Nguyen Hai Duong - Secretary of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee shared some information about the economic and social situation of Thanh Chuong district; at the same time, emphasized that the Thanh Chuong Fellow Countrymen Association in the Southern region, although established less than a year ago, has had many extremely meaningful and practical activities towards the homeland and roots. The Association has shown solidarity, enthusiasm, and closely coordinated with the local Party Committee and government of the district to exchange information, do volunteer work, and call for investment attraction...
At the meeting, the Thanh Chuong Association in the Southern region donated 2 billion VND to build houses for the poor in Thanh Chuong district. Responding to the fundraising for education promotion and house building for the poor launched by the Association, benefactors and members also directly donated more than 1.1 billion VND.
The program also organized an auction of two paintings by author Vo Thien Phuc. Mr. Nguyen Van Thanh (Chairman of Sen Group, from Thanh Tien commune) and Mr. Nguyen Viet Hung (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Asia Hoa Son Joint Stock Company, from Thanh Dong commune) became the owners of two paintings with values of 150 million VND and nearly 99.99 million VND respectively. The entire amount of nearly 250 million VND from the auction was used by the Association for charity and education promotion activities.
The Association also proposed directions for activities in the coming time, especially in strengthening the organization, promoting sports, culture, volunteering, and education promotion movements, etc., increasingly spreading responsibility and compassion, the good traditions of Thanh Chuong people far from home.