Clarifying the case of a club "embezzling" 90% of the money donated to flood victims

On the morning of September 14, speaking with Dan Tri reporter, Mr. Pham Van Manh - Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Ho Chi Minh City College of Industry and Trade - said that this unit is reviewing and coordinating to handle information about charity support from the Club of Cadres of the Association for Resource Recovery.

Previously, information appeared that the Cadres Club of the Resource Association, Ho Chi Minh City College of Industry and Trade announced that it had transferred 11,232,000 VND of the reserve fund to support the people of the North who suffered heavy losses caused by storm No. 3 Yagi.

The notice said that the above amount was transferred to the Vietnam Fatherland Front account via account number 0011001932418, Vietcombank. Attached is a screenshot of the transfer transaction.

Announcement on September 10 of the Du Nguon Association's Officers Club on the successful transfer of VND 11,232,000 to support flood victims (Screenshot).

This is the remaining fund of the Club after a period of operation and declaration of dissolution on January 1, 2024.

However, after the Vietnam Fatherland Front announced the statement, the amount looked up was 1,123,200 VND, lower than the announced amount of 10,108,800 VND.

On the evening of September 13, the club's Facebook page responded.

"Currently, the club has received the arising issues and is reviewing internal information. After the next 24 hours, the club will give feedback to everyone," the announcement reads.

Secretary of the Youth Union Pham Van Manh affirmed that the Resource Association Cadres Club is not currently under the management of the Youth Union or the School Association. This club was established during the previous Student Association term and was dissolved before the new term began.

The School Youth Union is contacting the Executive Committee of the Resource Association's Cadre Club to investigate the matter.

Photo of the bank statement published by the Vietnam Fatherland Front showing the amount of donation with the content recorded as from the HITU Resource Association Cadres Club (Screenshot).

Mr. Manh affirmed that the support of this club is not related to the school's ongoing activities and donations.

"Some information on social networks spread that this is an activity of Ho Chi Minh City College of Industry and Trade. I confirm that this is completely incorrect. The school's Youth Union has reported to the Board of Directors and continues to coordinate to clarify the incident," Mr. Pham Van Manh corrected.

In recent days, after the severe impact of storm Yagi, the Vietnam Fatherland Front launched a program to support people affected by storm No. 3.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front has initially published the account statements at Vietcombank and Vietinbank on the mass media so that agencies, businesses, organizations and individuals at home and abroad can see and feel secure that their contributions have reached the right address and the supporting resources have reached the people affected by storm No. 3.

Besides information about the generous hearts, there are also many phenomena of "covering up" and "embezzling" the donated money when transferring the wrong amount of money.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/lam-ro-viec-1-cau-lac-bo-rut-ruot-90-so-tien-ung-ho-nguoi-dan-vung-lu-20240914091748389.htm