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| Rick Howarth (R), general manager of Intel Products Vietnam hands over Tet gifts to poor people in District 9 - Photo: Le Toan |
At the festival, Intel granted 500 Tet gifts worth VND135 million consisting of milk, sugar, candies, Chinese sausage and rice to poor families in six wards of District 9 including Tan Phu, Tang Nhon Phu A, Tang Nhon Phu B, Long Thanh My, Hiep Phu and Long Binh. It also donated VND100 million to the district’s study encouragement fund and equipped two computer rooms with VND820 million (US$40,000) worth of IT hardware at Hung Binh Elementary School in Long Thanh My Ward and Phuoc Long Elementary School in Phuoc Long B Ward.
“We see corporate social responsibility as a priority to show our long-term commitment to Vietnam. The welcoming Tet festival is our first social activity to start 2011,” Rick Howarth, general manager of Intel Products Vietnam, said.
Last year the company conducted VND2.5 billion worth of social activities to support the district’s poor.
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