PM asks for more efforts to care for revolution contributors
Caring for revolution contributors is an important and frequent political task of the Party and State, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a national conference on July 26.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents gifts for revolutionary contributors at the event (Source: VGP)
Hanoi (VNA) – Caring for revolution contributors isan important and frequent political task of the Party and State, said PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the national conference commending outstandingindividuals who rendered service to the nation held in Hanoi on July 26.
PM Phuc asked ministries, sectors and localities tothoroughly grasp the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies and laws,intensify educational campaigns to raise public awareness, and make theimplementation of preferential policies for revolution contributors a duty anda frequent and long-term mission of the whole political system and the entiresociety.
He expressed his hope that the war invalids, woundedsoldiers, families of war martyrs, and revolution contributors will continuepromoting the patriotic tradition and contribute more to the national buildingcause.
According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA), Vietnam has more than 9 million revolution contributors,including 1.2 million fallen soldiers, 127,000 Heroic Mothers, and 800,000 war invalids.
Over the past 5 years, over 75,000 sets of remains of fallensoldiers have been found and reburied. Of the total, 16,600 sets of remains wererepatriated from Laos and 15,100 sets brought back from Cambodia.
The Party and State’s preferential policies have benefited95.75 percent of the revolution contributors.
The national conference, jointly held by the MoLISA, theMinistries and Defence and Public Security, the Nhan Dan Newspaper, and theHanoi municipal People’s Committee, was attended by 700 Heroic Mothers, war invalids,wounded soldiers, and martyrs’ relatives.
Delegates watched documentaries on activities to showgratitude for those who rendered service to the nation, and heard stories ofoutstanding revolution contributors.
On the occasion of the 70th War Invalids andMartyrs’ Day (July 27), 70 outstanding revolution contributors nationwide weregranted with the Prime Minister’s certificates of merits.-VNA
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents gifts for revolutionary contributors at the event (Source: VGP) 
