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More rice allocated for needy people ahead of Tet

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide rice as food aid for the northern border province of Cao Bang ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet), which falls on February 16 this year.
More rice allocated for needy people ahead of Tet ảnh 1A farmer in Cao Bang province (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime MinisterNguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide rice as food aid for the northernborder province of Cao Bang ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet), which falls onFebruary 16 this year.

The PM asked the Ministry of Finance to allocate1,702 tonnes of rice from the national reserves for poor households and thosein border hamlets to enjoy Tet.

The provincial People’s Committee will beresponsible for distributing the rice to the targeted residents.

Earlier, PM Phuc had also assigned the FinanceMinistry to provide over 5,504 tonnes of rice from the national reserve as foodaid to seven localities on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The rice aid will be distributed among thecentral provinces of Quang Ngai (over 2,041 tonnes), Quang Binh (over 1,334tonnes), and Binh Dinh (over 910 tonnes), and the Central Highlands provincesof Dak Nong (over 409 tonnes), Dak Lak (455.7 tonnes), Soc Trang (54.96 tonnes)and Kon Tum (over 298.4 tonnes).

Another package of more than 4,432 tonnes ofrice aid has also been offered to eight provinces, including Lai Chau, LangSon, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh, to ease hunger during the between-crop period,.

About 74 tonnes of rice aid will be given tothe northern mountainous province of Bac Kan to help it alleviate crop damagecaused by diseases on rice, while the Central Highlands province of Gia Laiwill receive over 1,173 tonnes to cope with hunger during Tet and the between-cropperiod.-VNA

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