The People's Committee in southern Dong Nai province has decided to earmark 200 billion VND (8.69 million USD) to support veteran revolutionaries, poor households, and the homeless ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
Dong Nai provincial People’s Committee has decided to earmark VND200 billion (US$8.69 million) to support veteran revolutionaries, poor households, and the homeless ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.
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| Women receive Tet gifts in Vi Thanh city. |
Those with 40-60 years of Party membership will receive VND1.5-5 million each while 1 million VND will go to those joining the Party for 30-39 years.
Near-poor and disabled children at nursing centres will be given VND600,000 each.
The province also allocated VND200,000 - 400,000 to each patient undergoing treatment at medical establishments as well as the homeless.
On January 29, a delegation of National Assembly deputies and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang coordinated with Vingroup’s Thien Tam Foundation to present 1,000 Tet gifts to poor families in Vi Thanh city, of VND600,000 each and funded by the foundation.
The province withdrew nearly VND30 billion from the State and local budget to support policy beneficiaries, veteran revolutionaries, and poor households.
It plans to present Tet gifts to 2,000 veteran revolutionaries and 2,296 poor households in Vi Thanh and Nga Bay cities, the districts of Chau Thanh A, Chau Thanh, Phung Hiep, Vi Thuy, and Long My, and Long My township.
(Source: VNA)
