MoLISA has proposed presenting gifts worth over 386 billion VND (17 million USD) to contributors to the nation’s revolution on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
MoLISA Minister Dao Ngoc Dung presents gifts to revolutionary contributors in Truc Ninh, Nam Dinh (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has proposed presenting gifts worth over 386 billion VND (17 million USD) to contributors to the nation’s revolution onthe occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Empowered by the Prime Minister, the MoLISA will submitthe proposal to President Tran DaiQuang for approval.
The beneficiaries are those who joined the revolutionbefore the AugustRevolution in 1945, heroic mothers, heroesof the people’s armed forces, seriously wounded ex-servicemen, war veteransexposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin, war invalids, and relatives of martyrs, amongothers.
The programme’s funding is sourced from the Statebudget.-VNA
Localities, agencies and organisations nationwide are working together to help impoverished people enjoy a warm traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
President Tran Dai Quang on January 15 visited and handed over 100 Lunar New Year (Tet) gift packages to welfare policy beneficiaries, poor households and dioxin victims in Nam Dan district in the central province of Nghe An.
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Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du on January 20 visited and presented gifts to a number of Vietnamese-Cambodian households in Phnom Penh on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet).
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MoLISA Minister Dao Ngoc Dung presents gifts to revolutionary contributors in Truc Ninh, Nam Dinh (Source: VNA) 
