NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presents gifts to heroic Vietnamese mothers. (Photo: VNA)Quang Nam (VNA) - Seventy-three “TheFatherland Acknowledges the Merit” certificates were presented to families of war martyrsduring a ceremony in the central province of Quang Nam on July 21.
The certificates were presented by National Assembly Chairwoman NguyenThi Kim Ngan, head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass MobilisationCommission Truong Thi Mai, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, and Minister ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung.
Minister Dung said the event is part of activities marking the 73rd anniversary of the Day of Martyrs and Invalids, on July 27.
In July last year the ministry submitted a proposal to the PrimeMinister on granting the The Fatherland Acknowledges the Merit certificateto 580 war martyrs.
NA Chairwoman Ngan expressed her profound gratitude to veteranrevolutionaries, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the people’s armedforces, war invalids, and their families.
Over the past 73 years, the Party, the State, and the people have alwayspaid major attention to supporting martyrs, war invalids, and contributors tothe revolution, she said, adding that the search for martyrs’ remains has producedimportant results, both at home and in neighbouring Laos and Cambodia.
The MoLISA presented the The FatherlandAcknowledges the Merit certificate to 2,205martyrs from 2017 to 2019 and recognised over 2,500 others as war invalids.
Ngan asked MoLISA and think-tanks to complete laws and policies on preferentialtreatments for contributors to the revolution, including preparing a revised ordinanceon preferential policies for them, for submission to the upcoming meeting ofthe NA Standing Committee.
Departments, agencies, localities, socio-political organisations, and citizensat home and abroad have been urged to continue supporting those who have made contributionsto the revolution and to honour those who have dedicated their lives tonational liberation, reunification, and development.
The same day, Minister Dung and leaders of the Ministry of PublicSecurity, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army, andQuang Nam province handed over houses to 20 families of war martyrs, each worth50 million VND (2,100 USD).
On the morning the same day, Ngan, Mai, Dam, and Secretary General andChairman of the NA Office Nguyen Hanh Phuc paid tribute to heroic Vietnamesemothers and martyrs at the Quang Nam provincial War Martyr’s Cemetery and themonument to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers.
Quang Nam is home to over 65,400 fallen soldiers, with more than 15,200 womenawarded the title “Heroic Vietnamese Mother”, 605 of whom are still alive./.
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