NA chairman presents Tết gifts to policy beneficiaries, workers, armed forces in Bac Lieu

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on January 25 extended greetings and presented gifts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (called Tết in Vietnamese) to families of policy beneficiaries, revolutionary contributors, poor households, Agent Orange/dioxin victims, and workers facing difficulties in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu

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Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue visited armed forces. Photo: Lam Hien

Speaking at the gathering with the groups, the NA Chairman urged local authorities and mass organisations to prepare the best possible conditions for local people to celebrate Tết, which is the biggest festival in a year for Vietnamese, in a joyous, healthy, safe, and economical manner.

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Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue visited armed forces. Photo: Lam Hien

He laid emphasis on the need to study and build mechanisms to help disadvantaged families and individual to sustainably escape poverty. For those facing extreme difficulties and lacking the capacity to rise above poverty, the authority should move them to the category of social welfare beneficiaries for ongoing care and support, the leader noted.

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Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the meeting. Photo: Lam Hien

At the event, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, and the Vietnam Red Cross Society Central Committee presented 600 gifts to the groups. Meanwhile, Chairman of the NA's Council for Ethnic Affairs Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam handed over a token of VNĐ300 million (US$12,189 ), mobilised from social sources, to support disadvantaged ethnic minority people in the province.

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Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue presented Tet gifts to armed forces. Photo: Lam Hien

On the same day, the top legislator visited, extended Tết greetings, and presented gifts to the armed forces of the province.

He commended the forces for effectively collaborating with each other in military affairs and local defence, ensuring political security, public order and crime prevention, as well as participating in social welfare activities. 

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