Lam Dong mobilizes more than 28 billion VND to support the "For the Poor" Fund

On the morning of October 15, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee (VFF) of Lam Dong province organized the Launching Ceremony of the "For the Poor" Peak Month 2026. The program took place at the hall of the VFF Committee of the province, connected online to 124 communes, wards, and special zones.

At the ceremony, Ms. Pham Thi Phuc - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee - read a letter calling on agencies, units, businesses, organizations, and individuals inside and outside the province to join hands to support the "For the Poor" Fund, contributing to the sustainable poverty reduction goal.

Speaking to direct, Mr. Dang Hong Sy - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - emphasized that caring for the poor, vulnerable and those in difficult circumstances is a regular task of the entire political system and the whole society.

Poverty reduction work needs to be linked to socio-economic development, creating livelihoods and improving the quality of people's lives.

From 2025 to now, the "For the Poor" Fund of the province has mobilized more than 75 billion VND to care for people in difficult circumstances.

In the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the 2024-2025 period, the whole province completed 5,691 houses, reaching 100% of the plan.

Through the "For the Poor" Fund, the province has allocated 124 billion VND to support the construction of 1,627 new houses and repair 917 houses for households in difficult circumstances.

In the first months of 2026, the province supported 100 households in 10 communes to implement a livelihood model with a budget of 2 billion VND.

Mr. Dang Hong Sy requested the Fatherland Front at all levels to continue to innovate mobilization methods, strengthen supervision, and ensure resources to support the right people.

Localities need to focus on supporting livelihoods, creating jobs, vocational training and transferring science and technology, helping people gradually rise out of sustainable poverty.

The "For the Poor" peak month of 2026 takes place from October 17 to November 18. At the launching ceremony, agencies, organizations, units and businesses registered to support more than 15 billion VND, raising the total amount of contributions and support for the "For the Poor" Fund this year to more than 28 billion VND.

On this occasion, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province awarded Certificates of Merit to 11 collectives and 3 individuals with many contributions to social security work in the period 2025-2026.

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