"These five groups formed their own guilds, established schools, temples, hospitals and even funeral parlors--providing a cradle-to-grave service for their members," recalls Chen Cheng-yu, general secretary of the Committee for Overseas Chinese Returned from Vietnam. The five groups also jointly established schools, hospitals and other public facilities to look after the needs of Chinese originating from provinces other than their own.
「五幫各自設工會、建學校、廟宇、醫院，乃至殯儀館，對同鄉極盡養生送死的義務」，越南歸僑委員會秘書長陳承虞回憶，除此之外，五幫還另外合設學校、醫院等公共設施，來照顧其他籍貫的華人。