The newspaper readers contributed more than VND 120 million (USD 4,550) to support the house construction.
The handover ceremony was attended by Tran Van Dung, Standing Deputy Secretary of the My Thuan Commune Party Committee, and Tran Thanh Sang, Chairman of the commune People’s Committee, along with residents and the beneficiary families.
Sang said he was delighted that the households now had safe, permanent homes, helping improve their living conditions. He thanked Dtinews and its readers for their continued support of social welfare efforts in the locality.
Nguyen Thi Lanh, one of the beneficiaries, said the new home fulfilled a long-held dream for her family, which had lived for years in a small, deteriorating house. She said the support gave her motivation to build a better future for her children.
Lanh's new house
Lanh and her husband relied on unstable, low-paid work to support their daughter in university, while Tam survived on a small social allowance and neighbourly support, unable to repair his collapsing shelter. He is also facing metal problems.
On this occasion, local authorities also presented gifts to the two families at the ceremony.
Tam's new house
Responding to the Government’s programme to eliminate unsafe housing, Dtinews aims to build 200 charity houses nationwide during during the 2024-2025 period. Since April 2024, the newspaper has built of 242 houses, of which 196 have been completed.
Dtinews has also built 58 classrooms, 32 bridges and community roads, 50 flood-resistant floating houses, organised 28 free medical outreach programmes for more than 6,000 residents, provided 7,210 health-insurance cards for poor students and opened donation codes for nearly 6,000 families in extreme hardship.
