Từ khóa: #beggars

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labors, War Invalids and Social Affairs reported yesterday that HCMC Social Support Center, sited in Binh Thanh District, has welcomed over 1,000 homeless individuals since August 23. It has also received 330 drug addicts without stable residence. All of them received proper medical care during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security collaborated with functional agencies to perform the patrols and submit documents to gather 1,290 beggars, vagrants and homeless people at social welfare facilities to minimize the risk of pandemic spread in the community.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee last night urged the Department of Health, Department of Public Security, HCMC High Command, Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and heads of the People’s Committee of 21 districts and Thu Duc City to promptly concentrate on management and health care for the beggars, vagrants and homeless people in the city.

Though HCM City has tried to take care of beggars and the homeless for years, many people continue to beg for money, saying they have had goods or cash stolen, or need to find their lost relatives, among other explanations.