Text Messsages Will Help 1,000 Poor Families

A text-message based charity prog-ramme supporting the nation's poor would be launched at the beginning of next year, said Chairman of the Viet Nam Red Cross Tran Ngoc Tang at a press conference yesterday. "The 12-month prog-ramme aims to mobilise community financial support to buy and donate 1,000 cows to the 1,000 poorest households in the 62 most disadvantaged districts of Vietnam," said Tang. (VNS Dec 18)