Tuoi Tre’s “Let’s build Truong Sa” fund continues to elicit a good response around the country, raising nearly VND200 million (US$10,000) this week in Nghe An, Da Nang, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces and Ho Chi Minh City. Duong Dinh Thang (C), vice director of the Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No.4, hands over VND41 million to Tuoi Tre to donate to the Let's Build Truong Sa fund Photo: Tuoi Tre During a visit to Tuoi Tre to make a donation, Trinh Huu Chung, secretary of Hong Bang University’s Communist Youth Union, said students at his university had been inspired by the fund’s simple but powerful name. They gave VND28.4 million for the cause. “We will continue to raise funds for Truong Sa when the new academic year begins next month,” he promised. On August 22 the fund got contributions of VND104 million and VND10 million from the Vietnam Petroleum … [Read more...] about Truong Sa fund continues to strike patriotic chord
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Netizens to mark Independence Day with Truong Sa avatars
Vietnam social network Go.vn has been issuing calls to local netizens to change their avatars into photos featuring Truong Sa islands to mark the Independence Day on September 2. One of the entrants sent to the contest titled Designing Avatar for Truong Sa Photo: Tuoi Tre “On this sacred and meaningful day of the nation, let us, Vietnamese cybercitizens, use our avatars with photos of Truong Sa islands to show our love and pride in the country,” the calling on its website reads. Go.vn also provides a collection of avatars with Truong Sa-related theme compiled by participants in the contest titled “Designing Avatar for Truong Sa” it launched last week. Netizens can visit http://photos.go.vn/Group/3324/0/0/0/view.html to select a Truong Sa avatar. The same calling to use avatars displaying the national flag or a photo related to Truong Sa islands to mark the Independence Day is also spreading on other social networks … [Read more...] about Netizens to mark Independence Day with Truong Sa avatars
Tuoi Tre-financed construction for Truong Sa to break ground
The Regiment No 131 of Vietnam Naval Engineering Corps will be marching to Da Tay Island in Truong Sa District of Khanh Hoa Province this weekend to begin constructing the first building financed by Tuoi Tre’s “Let’s build Truong Sa” fund. The outline of the Community House on Da Tay Island of the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in East Sea Photo: Tuoi Tre On September 10, Tuoi Tre gave VND15 billion (US$732,000) set aside from the fund to the Truong Sa District’s authorities as investment for the construction. Colonel Nguyen Viet Nhat, political commissar of Regiment No 131, told Tuoi Tre that his soldiers and staffs had left northern Hai Phong Province for Vung Tau Beach on Sunday and would head to Da Tay Island on September 17 to transport the construction materials and equipment there. Nhat said the construction would be a three-storey concrete building and would require thousands of tons of … [Read more...] about Tuoi Tre-financed construction for Truong Sa to break ground
Texting for a better Truong Sa
You can now easily donate money to Tuoi Tre’s “Let’s Build Truong Sa” fund to fortify Vietnamese sovereignty and islands on the East Sea by sending a simple cell phone message. Tuoi Tre chief editor Pham Duc Hai (L) gives VND15 billion to Truong Sa District's People's Council chairman Nguyen Van Thang on September 10, 2011 Photo: Tuoi Tre At a meeting in Khanh Hoa Province on Saturday, the fund’s representative - journalist Bui Thanh - officially launched the new program “Each SMS is a stone to build Truong Sa” whereby donations can be made via mobile phone messages. Under the program, you can donate VND16,000 (US$0.78) each time you create one SMS message with the content ‘TRUONGSA’ and send it to the number 1408. This is a simple way for citizens to contribute to Truong Sa from any location in Vietnam without having to physically arrive at Tuoi … [Read more...] about Texting for a better Truong Sa
SMS donations bring $24,400 to Truong Sa fund
“Each SMS is a stone to build Truong Sa,” program enabling donations by text message to Tuoi Tre’s “Let’s build Truong Sa” fund has raised VND501 million (US$24,400) in just the first six days. Soldiers of Navy's Engineering Regiment 131 transport stones and construction materials to Truong Sa 21 Ship to Truong Sa islands on Sept.14, 2011 Photo: Tuoi Tre Since its launch on September 10, the program has elicited 31,300 messages since it is convenient and donors can contribute to the Truong Sa cause without having to come to Tuoi Tre’s offices. Donations of VND16,000 ($0.78) can be made by simply sending a text message saying “truongsa” to 1408. Nguyen Quang Huy, deputy director of Phuong Dong University’s Informatics Center, has sent 67 messages so far. The vessel Truong Sa 21 has been loading stones bought using the donations to begin construction … [Read more...] about SMS donations bring $24,400 to Truong Sa fund