Party chief meets revolution contributors (Photo: VNA)The Party leader met with representatives of former revolutionists,Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, armed forces, war invalids and families of martyrson the occasion of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
He highlighted guidelines, policies and laws issuedby the Party and the State towards revolution contributors, saying the list of beneficiarieshas been expanded.
All-level Party committees, authorities andlocalities have also rolled out various measures, plans and movements tomobilise resources in order to put these policies into place, he continued.
Trong praised the former revolutionists, Heroic Vietnamese Mothers and war veterans for their contributions to the community and the country's industrialisation, modernisation and international integration.
He urged all-level Party committees, authorities andagencies to perfect policies and laws towards the group, and askedlocalities, collectives and individuals to play a role in this regard.
Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs DaoNgoc Dung reported at the meeting that the country counts more than 9.2 millionnational contributors, including 1.2 million martyrs, more than 139,000Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, 1,300 Heroes of People's Armed Forces and LabourHeroes, nearly 800,000 war invalids and 185,000 sick soldiers.
Over 500,000 houses were built for the nationalcontributors and some 4.9 trillion VND (209.3 million USD) was raised for thegroup, the minister said./.
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