On the morning of February 25th, in Kon Tum province, the Kon Tum Red Cross Chapter and Attapeu Red Cross Chapter (Laos) organized the signing ceremony of memorandum of understanding on humanitarian and charity activities in the period of 2019-2022.
At the meeting, the two sides exchanged information on the process of humanitarian and charitable activities in the period 2014-2018. Particularly in 2018, the Kon Tum Red Cross Chapter mobilized to call organizations and individuals in and outside the province to organize 2 rounds of medical examination and treatment, grant free gifts to poor people in Attapeu province, with a total budget of over VND 800 million; Accompanying the President of the Vietnam Red Cross Nguyen Thi Xuan Thu to provide emergency relief to people in distress due to the break of Xe pian hydropower project, Xe Nam Noy, Attapeu province worth over VND 200 million .
Kon Tum Red Cross Chapter and Attapeu Red Cross Chapter (Laos) signed a memorandum of understanding on humanitarian and charity activities in the period of 2019 – 2022
The two sides agreed and signed a memorandum of understanding with the content: Every year, the two sides organize the exchange of working visits to share experiences in humanitarian activities in each locality. In addition, when necessary, each provincial Red Cross Chapter can send delegations to visit, work and exchange experiences at the request of each side or to participate in common humanitarian tasks.
Based on the conditions, capabilities and needs of the two localities, the two sides agreed to coordinate activities to organize: humanitarian medical examination and treatment, free medicine supply and gifts to poor households in difficult circumstances; emergency relief, humanitarian construction work …
The two sides actively exchanged information on the results of the Associations activities and the Red Cross movement in each locality, on models and experiences in humanitarian activities … In November every year, the two sides informed each other contents of the cooperation program of the following year.
Phạm Hoàng Minh – Kon Tum Red Cross Chapter.
Translated by Nguyen Vinh Hoa