The HCMC Union of Business Associations officially founded an independent community fund for entrepreneurs on Tuesday.
The new Community Entrepreneurs Fund aims to support charity activities of HCMC Fatherland Front and other social organizations.
The VND2 billion fund has 21 founding individuals and enterprises. It aims to encourage domestic and overseas enterprises, sponsors, and individuals to support community activities, help poor people, people in flood, storm-hit and disaster areas, the sick; and provide scholarships, education and training.
To celebrate the fund’s founding, the HCMC Union of Business Associations will organize a “Business Walk for the Community” starting at April 30 Park in front of Reunification Palace in HCMC’s District 1 on Sunday. The walk is in support of Vietnamese companies with the messages - “Vietnamese people use Vietnamese goods” and “Upgrading Vietnam brand”.
“The walk expects to attract 15,000 people, and all of the money collected will be given to HCMC Fatherland Front and the association to help handicapped children,” Huynh Van Minh, chairman of the HCMC Union of Business Associations, told the Daily on the sidelines of the fund’s launch in HCMC.
