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Front leader gives Tet gifts to poor households

President of VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to poor households and welfare policy beneficiaries in Hau Giang province and city of Can Tho on January 20 ahead of Tet.
Front leader gives Tet gifts to poor households ảnh 1VFF leader Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to the wife of a martyr, Do Thi Phuong, in Can Tho (Source: VNA)

Can Tho (VNA) - President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and presented gifts to poor householdsand welfare policy beneficiaries in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang andcity of Can Tho on January 20, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The beneficiaries include100 poor households and welfare policy beneficiaries in Thanh Xuan commune,Chau Thanh A district, Hau Giang province; and 200 other families in Co Dodistrict, Can Tho city. Each gift package includes 1 million VND in cash andfive kg of rice.

Speaking with localresidents, Man detailed the nation’s socio-economic development in 2017, sayingthat despite natural disasters, floods causing huge damages and losses, underthe sound leadership of the Party and the Government, the country fulfilled allsocio-economic targets, with economic growth reaching 6.81 percent.

He urged localauthorities to take good care of their residents, particularly poor householdsand welfare policy beneficiaries, particularly in terms of housing, healthcare, education and production.

Man expressed his hopethat the households will follow the policies and laws of the Party and State, contributingto the development of their localities.

On the occasion, the VFFleader and Can Tho officials visited and presented gifts to the wife of amartyr, Do Thi Phuong, in Thoi Hiep village, Dong Thang commune; and pensioner LeTan Phuong, 91, in Co Do township, Co Do district of Can Tho city.-VNA
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