Around 15,000 people are expected to join the annual Lawrence S. Ting Charity Walk on January 20^th in Ho Chi Minh City, the organiser Phu My Hung Development Corporation has announced.

The walk, which has been organised for the last 13 years, raises funds to support the disadvantaged.

It will begin at 6:30pm at the Crescent area in the Phu My Hung City Centre in District 7 with the theme “Buoc Chan Chia Se” (Sharing Steps). It will be broadcast live on HTV.

The 10^th Lawrence S. Ting charity walk in 2015. (Photo: phumyhung.com.vn)

Organisers said the walk this year would include many activities, including artistic performances and a lucky draw.

Participants who pay more than VND 120,000 (USD 5) will receive a blue T-shirt, water bottle and one lucky-draw ticket.

The organiser hopes to raise VND 3.15 billion (USD 138,000) from the walk. Since 2006, the event has attracted a total of 182,000 people and raised nearly VND 29 billion (USD 1.27 million), contributing significantly to social welfare and charity activities.

All of the money has been given to funds for the poor in District 7, District 8, Binh Chanh district and Nha Be district. The money has been used to buy Tet presents for the poor, to build or upgrade houses, and for financial support.

The walk began in 2006 on the occasion of the 10^th anniversary of Phu My Hung Development Corporation under the name of “Phu My Hung Marathon”.

In 2016, the name was changed to memorialise Lawrence S. Ting, the late president of the Central Trading and Development Group, who had contributed to the development of South Saigon.

It is now a traditional event of the Phu My Hung Development Corporation./.

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