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Vice State President pays pre-Tet visit to Quang Nam province

Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan paid a visit to the central province of Quang Nam on January 29 on the threshold of the traditional Lunar New Year(Tet) festival.
Vice State President pays pre-Tet visit to Quang Nam province ảnh 1Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan pays pre-Tet visit and presents Tet gifts in Quang Nam province. (Photo: VNA)
QuangNam (VNA) – Vice State President Vo Thi Anh Xuan paid a visit to thecentral province of Quang Nam on January 29 on the threshold of the traditional Lunar New Year(Tet) festival.

She presented 400 Tet gifts to policy beneficiary families, impoverishedhouseholds, and disadvantaged workers, 200 million VND (over 8,100 USD) insupport for children with difficulties, and 500 million VND to assist housebuilding for the needy.

Extending Tet greetings to the local administration and people, the leader asked for further attention to the investment in cultural institutions,health care, education and practical welfare for local residents, especially thosein the remote and mountainous areas and those who rendered service to thenation, helping them have a better quality of life.

On the occasion, she offered incense and flowers at the monumentto honour Vietnam’s heroic mothers, visited and delivered Tet wishes to heroicVietnamese mother Nguyen Thi Tam, Hero of the People’s Armed Force and warinvalid Tran Thi Cuc.

She also visited and presented gifts to cancer patients at the Quang NamGeneral Hospital./.
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