At the press conference of the program this morning, Deputy Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh said that under the policy agreement of the Permanent Secretary the Party Central Committee's Secretariat, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee will collaborate with the Government to host the live program on television and radio named “Whole country joins hands for the poor” 2022.
It is expected that around 1,100 people will join the program this year.
Besides, Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has sent a message to over 1,000 enterprises to support the program. Accordingly, enterprises, individuals and organizations have registered to donate over VND1,000 billion (over US$41 million) to the fund for the poor and social welfare.
The “Whole country joins hands for the poor” program is hosted annually on October 17 on the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
The event aims at enriching the political, social and humanistic significance to promote the tradition and spirit of solidarity of the community to care and help the poor to escape from poverty sustainably.
From 2022 up to now, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has called for agencies, units, individuals and enterprises to donate to the fund for the poor and social welfare with a total amount of more than VND19,313 billion (US$794 million) although the Covid-19 pandemic has developed complicatedly.
