PANO – The Central Committee of the Vietnam Red-cross Society and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400 on June 18th kicked off an SMS (short message service) campaign titled “Joining hands for Fatherland’s seas and islands.”

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The campaign calls on people nationwide to contribute resources to helping fishermen in 10 coastal provinces and cities namely Binh Thuan, Ninh Thuan, Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, Da Nang, Thua Thien-Hue, and Quang Tri stabilize their lives via sending messages to 1409. The message should read BD and the recipient’s number is 1409. Each successfully-sent message will donate VND 18,000 to the fund for these fishermen.

This is the second time the Vietnam Red-cross Society has waged such a campaign. Previously, in 2014, the campaign largely drew the attention of people nationwide with more than one million messages, worth nearly VND 2 billion.

Translated by Huu Duong