(VOVWORLD) - Ho Chi Minh city launched a program on Thursday to raise money to support people in border and island areas.
 Children on Song Tu Tay Island are playing in the yard of the newly-built primary school. (Source: tuoitrenews.vn) |
The money will be used to help soldiers who are safeguarding Vietnam’s sovereignty, particularly in the Truong Sa archipelago. It will also be channeled to building a school on Song Tu Tay island, and to providing fresh water to people in 7 border provinces in the southern region.