A number of charity groups in Ho Chi Minh City are carrying out programs to bring Tet (the Vietnamese term for the Lunar New Year) to disadvantaged people around the city.

Members of the Sao Khue group took a trip around the city and handed out gifts to poor people they met on the street.

The presents included sweets, clothes, and blankets bought with money the group members donated themselves, together with donations from philanthropists.

Other groups also held outdoor activities like painting fests and giving books to children.

Several other assemblages including Thien Tam and Vi An, whose members are mainly students, also handed out 300 gifts for students and 42 others for needy families in Phuoc Loc Commune in Da Huoai District, Lam Dong Province, located in the Central Highlands.

Tet falls on February 19 this year, with festive preparations beginning around one week before the date and the celebratory atmosphere lingering another week after that.

Members of Sao Khue are pictured wrapping gifts to give to poor people. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Each of the cardboard boxes the girl carries contains instant noodles, sweets, blankets, and clothes. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A member of Sao Khue gives a Tet gift to a deaf and mute scavenger on Tran Hung Dao Street in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre

A wanderer receives gifts from two members of a charity group. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Two kids in Phuoc Loc Commune in Lam Dong Province’s Da Huoai District drink two cartons of milk given by charity groups from Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Nguyen Vu Manh (R), a member of Nang Am Yeu Thuong Club, presents gifts and talks to K’Him and her two kids in Da Huoai District. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Some charity group members join kids to draw Tet paintings. Photo: Tuoi Tre

Three children enjoy reading books they have just received. Photo: Tuoi Tre

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