Tet gifts continue to reach hands of disadvantaged people
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong on January 22 visited and presented gifts to poor people and policy beneficiaries in mountainous Cam Thuy district in the central province of Thanh Hoa ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong visits policy beneficiaries in Cam Thuy district (Source: VNA)
Thanh Hoa (VNA) - National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong ThiPhong on January 22 visited and presented gifts to poor people and policybeneficiaries in mountainous Cam Thuy district in the central province of ThanhHoa ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.
Phong granted 10 present packages each worth 2 million VND (86 USD) toheroic mothers, veterans, and policy beneficiaries; 200 overcoats to poorstudents; and a total of 150 million VND in cash to households living inunderprivileged circumstances.
She spoke highly of the province’s socio-economic development situationand efforts to overcome the consequences of natural disasters, whileappreciating its level of care for those in need during the Tet occasion.
On the same day, a delegation from the Central Steering Committee forDisaster Prevention and Control, led by Minister of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment Nguyen Xuan Cuong who is also deputy head of the committee,inspected the settlement of flood aftermaths in Muong Lat district of Thanh Hoaprovince.
He presented gifts to 85 households in Muong Chanh, Tam Chung, and QuangChieu communes; handed over books to Muong Chanh Secondary School; and provided245 Tet gifts to local students, with a combined value of 210 million VND(9,000 USD).
Many localities in Thanh Hoa province suffered following a historicflood in August 2018. According to statistics, the flood left 12 people deadand missing, while 13,000 houses were inundated and 800 others swept away,collapsed, or severely damaged. Thousands of hectares of crops were submergedin floodwater, and hundreds of heads of cattle and poultry were killed.
Also on the day, a delegation from the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Central Committee, led by VFF Vice President cum General Secretary Hau A Lenh, visitedYen Bai province’s social work and social welfare centre, and poor householdsin Van Yen district.
On behalf of the VFF Central Committee, Lenh granted 20 million VND incash and a gift box worth 1 million VND to the centre, together with 150 giftsworth 1.3 million VND each to poor households in An Thinh, Dai Son, and Yen Hopcommunes.
On this occasion, the VFF also handed over 400 million VND, raised froma texting campaign, to the province to buy clothes for children in extremelydisadvantaged communes.–VNA
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National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong visits policy beneficiaries in Cam Thuy district (Source: VNA) 
