The event co-organized by the city’s Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee and Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) collected more than VND43 billion (US$1.85 million).
The support aims to response to a campaign calling on people help people and soldiers who are working and living in islands and border crossings nationwide.
The program honors love for the country, raise the public awareness of exploiting sea and islands' potential and protecting Vietnam's sovereignty over sea and islands.
