Ly Minh Tuan, director of Vingroup's Thien Tam Fund, said this is a prestigious award from the State, especially as the organization celebrates 19 years of operation, supporting millions in need. The award ceremony will be held soon.

Established on 3/10/2006, the Thien Tam Fund has twice received Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister and hundreds of awards from central and local authorities. The organization operates nationwide with a philosophy of transparency, effectiveness, and sustainability.

Since its inception, the Thien Tam Fund has disbursed nearly 15,000 billion VND through more than 50 programs nationwide. The fund is involved in almost all areas of charitable work: gratitude to national heroes, social security and poverty reduction, culture, education, healthcare, transportation, agriculture, environment, disaster prevention and relief, epidemic prevention, and community development.

Ceremony awarding funds to support Minh Quan Agricultural Service Cooperative, Kon Tum, in July 2024. Photo: Thien Tam Fund

Ceremony awarding funds to support Minh Quan Agricultural Service Cooperative, Kon Tum, in July 2024. Photo: Thien Tam Fund

Specifically, in gratitude to national heroes and social security, the fund supports nearly 1,000 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, former youth volunteers, and Agent Orange victims; provides living expenses for over 1,200 children orphaned by Covid-19, and more than 1,000 single and disabled individuals. The organization provides monthly support to over 50 charity centers caring for orphans, disabled people, and lonely elderly people with no support; and collaborates with volunteer groups to cook and distribute free meals at hospitals nationwide. During holidays, the fund gives hundreds of thousands of gifts to policy beneficiaries and poor households.

Regarding housing and infrastructure, the fund has provided nearly 27,000 charity and compassion houses, replacing temporary shelters; completed nearly 500 public works, including 335 schools and semi-boarding houses, 400 km of roads, 10 community bridges, and 90 clean water projects.

Inauguration ceremony of the eight-classroom building at Nam Ke Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities, Dien Bien, in May. Photo: Thien Tam Fund

Inauguration ceremony of the eight-classroom building at Nam Ke Semi-Boarding Primary School for Ethnic Minorities, Dien Bien, in May. Photo: Thien Tam Fund

The fund also pioneers sustainable poverty reduction livelihoods through pig and calf banks, agricultural modernization, and job creation for people, including: providing 25,000 breeding cows, thousands of machines, equipment, plants, and breeds, helping over 11,000 households escape poverty; creating jobs for tens of thousands of poor households through local programs.

The organization also supports integrating high technology into agricultural projects. For instance, the offshore HDPE fish cage model and the Israeli smart irrigation system enhance nutrients for citrus trees, increasing income for fishermen and farmers and improving the competitiveness of Vietnamese agricultural products in the international market.

In healthcare, the fund has donated trillions of VND for public healthcare, providing free examinations and surgeries for 7 million people, supporting the operation of a network of 1,200 midwives in remote areas, contributing 1,000 billion VND to upgrade the pre-hospital emergency system, and donating over 26,000 units of blood annually. The fund also focuses on training medical personnel, including training 530 doctors in mountainous and island regions and funding non-communicable disease screening in dozens of localities.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the fund allocated 7,500 billion VND to fight the epidemic; provided tens of thousands of tons of essential goods and medical equipment, and supported hundreds of billions of VND to severely affected localities.

In education, the Thien Tam Fund has awarded 90,000 scholarships to poor students, and 16,200 computers to nearly 1,000 schools. The "Gieo Mam Thien Tam" (Sowing Good Seeds) series of events raised an additional 22 billion VND from businesses and individuals, contributing to the construction of two schools in Lao Cai, providing better learning conditions for 800 students in mountainous areas.

With Super Typhoon Yagi in 2024, the fund provided 250 billion VND in cash to people in the affected areas, rebuilt 13 public facilities, and implemented emergency relief to stabilize lives and restore production.

Van Ha