Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan: Innovating the activities of the Vietnam Children's Fund

The Vietnam Children's Fund innovates its operating methods; researches and gradually shifts from "situational support" to "fundamental, long-term support"; at the same time builds models, jobs, and selects sustainable support objects, becoming a typical model of child support for domestic and international organizations, individuals, and businesses to implement together.

This was shared by Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Vietnam Children's Fund, at the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Fund on the afternoon of October 16, at the Presidential Palace.

Photo caption — Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan speaks. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

Prioritizing child care At the meeting, the Vice President said that the country had just experienced storm No. 3 with considerable damage to many localities in the Northern region, which directly affected the people, especially children. In that context, the Party, the State and the whole society must both worry about economic development, recover from difficulties caused by storms and floods, and ensure social security, especially prioritizing child care, with the spirit of leaving no one behind. Contributing to the common achievements in child care work are not only the active activities of the Vietnam Children's Fund but also the efforts to overcome difficulties and actively participate in social security activities of businesses and philanthropists. Thanking the members of the Sponsoring Council and benefactors for their time, effort, money and spirit in supporting the Fund to achieve positive results in the first 9 months of 2024, the Vice President also welcomed the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs for closely directing and promptly removing difficulties and obstacles so that the Fund's operations meet the set requirements. The Vice President emphasized that the Vietnam Children's Support Fund needs to have specific advice for the leaders of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs on the organization and financial mechanism that is appropriate, fundamental and clear; and promote the application of information technology in propaganda work. In addition, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has a clear understanding of the current situation of Vietnamese children, thereby determining specific directions and tasks to implement; predicting the difficulties that will affect the work of mobilizing support and children to set appropriate targets and measures.

In addition, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Office of the President , and media agencies closely coordinate to organize activities with many innovations in form and content; thereby creating a meaningful spread of the Vietnam Children's Fund to the whole society, attracting more philanthropists and sponsors to participate in caring for children. Mobilizing all resources to support children

Receiving the direction of the Vice President, Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha said that the Vietnam Children's Fund has received regular direction from the Chairman of the Sponsoring Council and leaders of the Ministry. Many events to mobilize resources and support children have had the participation of Party and State leaders. As a State Fund, its activities are charitable, humane, and meaningful, so the Fund has received enthusiastic response from the social community. In 2025, the Fund strives to mobilize resources of 110 billion VND with over 110,000 children supported. As of September 30, 2024, the Vietnam Children's Fund has supported 86,953 children (79% of the yearly plan) with a support budget of over 52 billion VND. Some of the activities have high total funding levels such as: Smile Operation, construction support, bicycle support, scholarship support, other support and support as requested by sponsors. In the 2024 Action Month for Children alone, the Fund has provided support of 16.3 billion VND (reaching 90.3% of the plan) for children in difficult circumstances across the country. On the occasion of the new school year and Mid-Autumn Festival, from mid-August 2024, the Fund has provided support and gifts to more than 29,900 children in more than 30 provinces/cities nationwide with a total budget of nearly 6.6 billion VND. Recently, the Fund has coordinated with localities to provide direct support to 2,159 children affected by storm No. 3 in 19 provinces and cities with a budget of nearly 4.56 billion VND. It is expected that by December 31, 2024, the Fund will have provided support to 118,000 children (reaching 107.3% of the annual plan) with a budget of more than 105 billion VND. At the meeting, Council members proposed to continue to innovate mobilization and resource mobilization activities; improve and strengthen training activities for staff of the Fund system; perfect the legal system to unify the organization of the Fund system, and at the same time guide the management and use of child protection funds at all levels... Some opinions suggested that it is necessary to continue to focus on activities to support children with congenital heart disease; support scholarships, bicycles; respond and provide timely support to children affected by storms and floods or other emergency situations... to properly demonstrate the Fund's role in caring for children.

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