During Canh Dan/Tiger Lunar New Year 2010, to share difficulties and help poor families, particularly render assistance to children living in social protection centers, children living in mountainous and remote areas, poor pupils to welcome a happy Lunar New Year’s Festival, Kinh Do organized visits and gave 6.500 presents to those mentioned subjects with a total value of VND250million.

Since the middle of December (lunar calendar), New Year presents bearing the spring flavor of Kinh Do had been handed over to units, authorities which would send them in person to poor children and families nationwide.  Particularly, 1.500 New Year presents were were given to special difficulties children and families in the northern area by Northern Kinh Do Corporation in cooperation with the relevant authorities … From 12th December (lunar calendar), representatives of Kinh Do and the Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh city paid visits and gave 1000 New Year’s presents to children in social protection centers and to poor children in Ho Chi Minh city.  At the same time, Kinh Do along with the Red Cross of Ho Chi Minh city; Protection Association For Poor Patients in Ho Chi Minh city; Vietnam Relief Committee for Disable Children and several concerned authorities gave 4.000 New Year’s presents to children faced with difficulties in the are of Ho Chi Minh city; children living in mountainous and remote area, poor children in Can Gio, in Nha Be, poor children and families in Kon Tum, in Binh Duong…

The New Year’s Presents bearing the best wishes from Kinh Do Corporation were given in person to each child, each family with the expectation to bring happiness to poor children and families nationwide on the occasion of New Year Festival.

Furthermore, in continuation of a series of programs aimed at supporting pupils and students especially those living in mountainous and remote areas, at the end of last January, Kinh Do Corporation in cooperation with the Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh city gave 25 sets of desktop computers worth VND 150million to Thanh An Secondary School in Can Gio district.  It’s known that Thanh An island is one of the poorest communes in Can Gio, Ho Chi Minh City.  Due to the island’s isolation from the mainland, pupils living here have access only to IT theory without any practice.  So, the computer classroom built with the help of Kinh Do just days before the New Year Festival bears a practical meaning of providing access to IT for pupils, thus making a significant contribution to better material and spiritual conditions for pupils in Thanh An poor island commune.