Poor kids in Ben Tre receive free milk

Poor kids in Ben Tre receive free milk

The Vietnam Rising milk fund has donated 77,000 glasses of milk to poor children in the southern province of Ben Tre.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen handed over the milk at a ceremony in Ben Tre’s Ba Tri district on April 27.

Established in 2008, the fund is supported by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the Vietnam Children Sponsoring Fund and the Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk).

Speaking at the ceremony, Minister Chuyen praised the fund for giving milk to hundreds of thousands of needy children nationwide, thus improving their physical and mental health.

On the occasion, the MOLISA and the fund presented 100 scholarships worth 1 million VND (47 USD) each to local underprivileged kids, and 30 million VND (1,410 USD) to the provincial children support centre.

According to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Anh Tuan, the Vietnam Rising milk fund has donated nearly 550,000 glasses of milk to almost 10,000 pupils in the locality over the past five years.

Vinamilk representative Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang said the fund has provided free milk worth nearly 83 billion VND (3.9 million USD) to over 300,000 disadvantaged children nationwide.-VNA

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