PANO – A campaign, aiming to collect more funds for fishermen to help them be active in taking preventive measures against storms and carrying out search and rescue at sea, was launched on September 13th by the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross, the Vietnam Television and the Voice of Vietnam.
Accordingly, benefactors can donate money by texting “BD” or “BIENDONG” to 1400 to contribute VND 10,000 from each SMS or send money to the account number 12010000036656 of the Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). Donations in kind, such as Icom transceivers and communication equipment, can be sent to the Department of Telecom or the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross at 82 Nguyen Du Street, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi.
The organizer is expected to collect some VND 10 billion in this month-long campaign for around 10,000 fishermen, especially needy fishermen in Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands.
Translated by Ngoc Bich
Đăng ký: VietNam News