Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang has signed a decision topresent gifts to Vietnamese heroic mothers, war martyrs’ relatives and invalidson the occasion of 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day(July 27).
Apart from their monthly allowances from the Government, the beneficiaries willreceive gifts worth 400,000 VND (17.6 USD) and 200,000 VND (8.8 USD).
Vietnam has organised various activities to celebrate the day, including acycling tournament entitled “Return to Truong Son”, incense offering, giftpresenting, a film week and exhibitions, among others.
According to Minister of Labour, War Invalids andSocial Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, more than nine million people have to date beenrecognised as revolutionary contributors, including 1.2 million war martyrs,127,000 heroic mothers and 800,000 war invalids.-VNA