When Ms. Nguyen Phuong Hang livestreamed about artist Hoai Linh’s charity work, it was revealed that this artist collected VND14 billion of donation but did not give any money to flood victims. After that, this artist started distributing gifts through loudspeakers, as a way to deal with public opinion. However, this approach does not make sense. Because when the victim needed money the most, this artist did not act.
The fact that artists call for charity and then keep it for themselves, or give it perfunctorily, has lost the trust of the sponsors. It is these profiteering actions that make philanthropists hesitate, and the victims are truly the ones who suffer the most.
Some people see the opportunity to get rich from calling for charity, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front also sees it. Up to now, the Vietnam Fatherland Front has been an agency on behalf of the state to receive donations. However, they left behind too many scandals, from stealing a few instant noodles packages to billions of dong in corruption.
After artists doing charity work caused loss of confidence in donation givers, then they turned to placing their trust in the Fatherland Front. However, reality shows that the Fatherland Front has not learned any lessons from the past. They continue to profit under the protection of the law.
According to Clause 3, Article 5 of Decree 64/2008/ND-CP on mobilizing, receiving, distributing and using voluntary contributions to support people in overcoming difficulties caused by natural disasters and fires, In case of serious incidents, patients with serious illnesses have the following regulations:
“Organizations and units at the Central level are authorized by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Local organizations and units are authorized by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at the provincial and district levels. In addition to the organizations and units mentioned above, no other organization, unit or individual has the right to receive donations of money and goods.”
This is a decree that allows Front organizations, from central to local levels, to take all donations. All sources of donation are legalized by the Communist state, so that money flows to the Fatherland Front. As for how this unit distributes, no one can verify.
After the fire on September 12 that occurred in a mini apartment building on Khuong Ha street, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi, killing 56 people, the Hanoi Fatherland Front collected VND110 billion ($4.5 million) to support the victim. However, the strange thing is that up to now, the Front has not given any money to the victims. The reason why?
There is a suggestion that, if the disbursement has not yet been achieved, each household should be given an advance of VND100 million to help them overcome the immediate difficulties. From more than VND110 billion, more than VND2.4 billion can be divided into each household, out of 45 households, for them to buy a new place to live. This is the most practical job. But, the Hanoi Fatherland Front Committee did not do it.
Why do you keep using excuses like “procedures“? Meanwhile, procedures are created by people themselves. Only because you want to confine your money do you intentionally create complicated and annoying procedural barriers.
Up to now, 45 days have passed since the fire, this organization has still not released any money. After the press simultaneously spoke out strongly, recently, they only released a very small amount of money, only VND6 billion, accounting for 5% of the total amount of money the Front is holding. The only way to deal with public opinion.
The amount of VND110 billion is an amount contributed by the whole society, hoping to help the victims’ families soon stabilize their lives. But now that it falls into the hands of the Front, we don’t know when it will reach the victims, not to mention whether it will be mutilated or lost or not.
To do charity with your heart in Vietnamese society is very difficult. But difficulty is normal, because it will be prevented by the state and pushed into the hands of the Fatherland Front. Therefore, if anyone still believes in the so-called Fatherland Front, they should review this organization. Because the money that goes into it no one can control. If you trust and give money to this organization, it will only be to feed the greedy officials in this organization.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
