NA Chairwoman pays pre-Tet visit to Ha Tinh province
NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visited and presented gifts to poor households and policy beneficiaries in Ha Tinh ahead of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet).
National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presents gifts to poor households and policy beneficiaries in Ha Tinh (Source: VNA)
Ha Tinh (VNA) –National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on January 24 visited andpresented gifts to poor households and policy beneficiaries in the centralprovince of Ha Tinh ahead of thetraditional Lunar New Year (Tet), the country’s biggest national holidays.
Whilevisiting and presenting gifts to poor households and policy beneficiaries in ThachHai commune, Thach Ha district, Ngan wished local residents a happy new year.
Expressingher sympathy for local people over their difficulties, the top legislator saidshe was informed about the provincial administration’s proposal to stop operationsof Thach Khe ironmine.
Havingaffirmed the locality’s marine tourism potential, she hoped local residentswould believe in the Party and State’s policies, and join hands with the localauthority to overcome difficulties and step up production, thus improving theirliving conditions.
Nguyen Trung Chien, Secretary of the Thach Hai commune Party Committee,suggested the State assist the locality in enlarging a inter-hamlet road, developinga clean-water supply system and an irrigation network for agriculturalproduction.
AcknowledgingChien’s proposal, Ngan asked the provincial administration to pay attention to ensuringsocial security in Thach Hai commune. Shealso asked the local authority to pay attention ensuring social security in thelocality.
Thesame day, the NA Chairwoman and local officials laid a wreath ata monument dedicated tovolunteer young people and tombs of 10 young female volunteers in the specialNational Dong Loc T-junctionRelic Site.-VNA
A wide range of events were held across the country to present gifts to disadvantaged people, ethnic minority people, needy workers and people with disabilities to help ensure they have a warm Tet.
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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National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan presents gifts to poor households and policy beneficiaries in Ha Tinh (Source: VNA) 
