​On June 16, 2022, the Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations in collaboration with departments and agencies to organize the Conference on foreign non - governmental aid mobilization and promotion in DongNai province in 2022 with the theme “Cooperation and Development of Dong Nai province”. Attending the Conference were: Mr. Cao Van Quang - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province; Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang - Vice Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee; Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hung – Member of the Presidium, Head of The People's Aid Co-ordinating Committee, Chief of the Southern Representative Office, Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations; Representative of Union of  Friendship Organizations of provinces/cities and more 30 NGOs, FDI enterprises and business associations of other countries operating in Dong Nai province.

At the Conference, the delegates listened to the opinions, information and speeches of foreign non - governmental organizations (NGOs): speech by Mr. Nguyen Viet Thang - Deputy Director of the Department of External Relations about the coordination mechanism among provincial agencies in the management of FNGOs activities in Dong Nai; speeches of FNG aid mobilization needs of Dong Nai University and the Provincial Committee of Ethnic Minority Affairsand; presentation of 03 NGOs (Christina Noble Children's Foundation, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Humane Society International).

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang - Vice Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tri – Chairman of Dong Nai Union of Friendship Organizations presenting recognition boards to NGOs, associations and FDI enterprises for their effective cooperation and positive contributions in Dong Nai province in 2021.

Speaking at the Conference, Vice Chairperson of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hoang said that in 2021 and the first 6 months of 2022, Dong Nai province have received the cooperation of 32 NGOs, foreign associations and enterprises to deploy 35 FNG projects with a funding value equivalent to 83.29 billion VND. In addition, with the signing of a coordination plan between the Provincial Department of Planning and Investment, the Dong Nai Industrial Zones Authority and the Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations to implement the Provincial People's Committee's Program on "Strengthening cooperation and FNG aid mobilization in Dong Nai province in the period of 2019 - 2022", for almost two years, many foreign business associations, FDI enterprises have implemented their social responsibility by participating in FNG aid mobilization projects and granting medical supplies, contributing funds for the Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control with a total value of nearly 50 billion VND.

The cooperation of NGOs, associations and FDI enterprises over the past time is really practical, suitable to the fields and areas of priority for cooperation and advocacy for FNG aid of Dong Nai province. This has helped the province perform well on social security, improve the living standards of poor households, especially poor ethnic minority ones, people living in remote areas of the province, people with disabilities; help many disadvantaged children to have opportunities to go to school. In particular, while Dong Nai province has been facing many challenges due to the seriously complicated pandemic, the timely support of material, means and medical supplies of the donors has meaningful importance, which shows their good feelings, the deep friendship for the people of Dong Nai province.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hung - Member of the Presidium, Head of The People's Aid Co-ordinating Committee, Chief of the Southern Representative Office, Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations highly appreciated the NGO affairs of Dong Nai province. It is really a bright spot and implemented effectively; at the same time, I expect that NGOs will continue to pay attention and accompany Dong Nai province in implementing social security projects, contributing to the province's socio-economic development.

NGOs committed to sponsor social security projects at the Conference

On this occasion, the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations presented the recognition boards to 11 typical NGOs, associations and FDI enterprises for their effective cooperation and positive contributions in the Program for strengthening cooperation and foreign non-governmental aid mobilzation in Dong Nai province in 2021. In addition, Provincial Union of Friendship Organizations received registrations for participation in social security projects of foreign non-governmental organizations in Dong Nai with an amount of nearly 3.5 billion VND.