HCM City music show to raise fund for national seas, islands
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Ho Chi Minh City (VFF HCM City) will hold a music show with Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) on August 2 to raise funds for the National Seas and Islands Foundation.
The press conference to give information about the music show (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Committee in Ho Chi Minh City (VFF HCM City) will hold a music show with Ho ChiMinh City Television (HTV) on August 2 to raise funds for the National Seas andIslands Foundation.
It will be broadcast live at 7:30pm on channel HTV1, then at 8:30pm on HTV9channel the same day.
Performances praising the seas, islands, and nationwide patriotismwill be staged by artists who recently visited the Truong Sa (Spratly)archipelago and other islands to the southwest of the mainland. In particular,an exchange with naval soldiers who defend national sea and island sovereigntywill also be held.
Funding raised at the event will be used to support navalsoldiers, border and coast guards, fishery surveillance staff, fishermen, andpeople living in border areas and islands.
Trieu Le Khanh, Vice Chairwoman of the hosting VFF HCM City,said the foundation has set the target of raising 35 billion VND to care forofficers, soldiers and people living in border areas and islands; build fresh watersupply stations in seven provinces, a multifunctional cultural house on Da Namisland in the island district of Truong Sa, and 60 houses for poor soldiers andpeople in border areas of northern mountainous provinces.
Last year, the foundation raised more than 30 billion VND(1.32 million USD) which was spent on building a training room for SubmarineBrigade 189; water reservoirs and farming gardens on Phu Quoc, Tho Chu and HonDoc islands; fresh water supply facilities in five provinces; and a solar powerstation for Dac O border guard station in Bu Gia Map district, the southernprovince of Binh Phuoc. –VNA
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The press conference to give information about the music show (Photo: VNA) 
