HCMC Agencies, Enterprises Give Water Containers to Poor Residents in Ben Tre

Chairwoman of Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in HCMC To Thi Bich Chau on February 22 led a mission team to give 1,053 water containers to beneficiaries and poor households in My An Commune in the Mekong Delta Province of Ben Tre. Each container can contain 500 liters of water. Container expense is taken from the city’s relief fund. The activity aims to join hand with the Party Committee and the Government in Ben Tre Province to take care of residents who are suffering from drought and saline intrusion. On the occasion, the Standing Board of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in HCMC also encouraged the Saigon Water Corporation (Sawaco) to supply over 3,000 cubic meters of fresh water, the water company Sapuwa to give 2,000 water bottles each containing five liters of water, and the Central Entrepreneur Association to support 6,100 fresh water bottles each containing 20 liters of water. Marine brigade 125 transported water bottles to Ben Tre Province. (Saigon Giai Phong-Liberated Saigon)