Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Bank (Sacombank) on Sunday teamed up with HCMC’s Relief Association for Disabled Children to spend VND4.5 billion on a fabulous day for more than 6,000 homeless people from the elderly and orphaned to disabled children reared and supported in centers, open houses in HCMC and neighboring provinces.The program started in 2004 annually on the occasion of Tet and to date, Sacombank has spent VND22.5 billion helping needy people celebrate the holiday season.On the day, over 6,000 poor people were given gifts worth VND300,000 each and lucky money of VND200,000 in cash. Before that, from January 14 to 20, Sacombank donated 21 tons of rice, 100 kilograms of sugar, 50 boxes of milk and nearly VND320 million for poor people supporting centers and open houses in HCMC, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Tra Vinh, Ben Tre, Tien Giang and Long An. (thesaigontimes.vn Feb 5)
