Pham Van Hieu, chairman of Can Tho City People's Council (right), transfers the gifts to local resident on August 27

Tran Thi Xuan Mai, director of Can Tho City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (right) transfers the donation to a local woman

Pham Van Hieu, chairman of Can Tho City People's Council, gave high regards to the effectiveness of the Stay Strong Vietnam Programme that connects needy people with kind people, firms and organisations. Can Tho authorities have also done their best to look after their residents, especially people with difficult backgrounds, students and workers from other provinces.

"We'll not leave anyone behind. However, the co-operation of the whole community is necessary during such difficult times and Stay Strong Vietnam is a model programme that we really appreciate," he said.

Luu Ngoc Lan from Thoi Binh Ward said she was raising two grandchildren but she could not do anything in the past two months so they mostly eat vegetables and porridge.

"Now we won't feel worried about daily meals anymore with this gift," she said.

Lam Kim Khoi, deputy head of Nam A Bank in the Mekong Delta Region transfers the donation

One of the poor residents who was given a gift is 75-year-old Nguyen Thi Be in An Cu Ward. She has to sons but one of them became bed-bounded after an accident and the other has kidney failure. The elderly woman collects scrap metals for a little income to support her family.

"The pandemic has made our lives even worse than before. We have depended on charity and the government's support to live by since the past month. This gift is a great help for us," she said.