Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (centre) and representatives of Luc Nam district of Bac Giang province at the programme presenting Tet gifts to local disadvantaged people (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Disadvantaged peoplein remote areas across Vietnam have received support from the State ahead ofthe upcoming traditional Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
On January 22, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong DinhHue visited social welfare beneficiaries, revolution contributors and AgentOrange victims in northern Bac Giang province.
In Lang Giang district, he presented 50 millionVND (nearly 2,160 USD) while the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs presented 30 million VND to the Lang Giang centre for war invalid care.Bac Giang authorities also offered 48 gift packs to war veterans there.
Visiting Luc Nam district, the Deputy PMpresented 100 gift packs to low-income earners and Agent Orange victims,wishing them health and happiness in the New Year.
He said Party committees and authorities havealways cared for all people, especially those with disadvantages during Tet.
A text message campaign launched by the VietnamRed Cross Society to raise support to the poor and Agent Orange victims hasreceived about 6.5 billion VND so far. Less privileged families and residentsin border and remote areas of 13 provinces, mostly in the northern region, willbenefit from this programme, Hue added.
The same day, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinhjoined residents in A Ngo commune of the mountainous border district ofDakrong, central Quang Tri province, in a Tet celebration.
She asked local authorities to better link theParty and State with people while encouraging ethnic minority people to furtherengage in patriotic emulation movements and border security, eradicate backwardcustoms and uphold fine cultural identities.
Thinh also called on locals to strive for a better life, stayalert to plots taking advantage of religious and ethnic issues to inciteillegal migration and drive a wedge among ethnic groups, and nurture theVietnam-Laos friendship.
The Vice President presented scholarships to 150students with disadvantages at the event.
Thinh also visited and offered Tet greetings toborder guards of the La Lay International Border Gate in Quang Tri.
Also on January 22, Vice Chairman of theNational Assembly Phung Quoc Hien visited Huoi Luong and Ma Ly Pho communes ofPhong Tho district, the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau.
He presented gifts to the local administrationand people, wishing them health, happiness and success in the New Year.
During his stay in Lai Chau, Hien paid pre-Tetvisits to the Huoi Luong border guard post and border guards at the Ma Lu Thangborder gate.-VNA
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