Over 1.4 million people benefit from HCM City’s Tet assistance
Ho Chi Minh City delivered assistance worth nearly 1.3 trillion VND (53 million USD) to over 1.41 million people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, its Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs reported.
Over 1.41 million people receive assistance from HCM City during Tet festival this year. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Ho ChiMinh City delivered assistance worth nearly 1.3 trillion VND (53 million USD)to over 1.41 million people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet)festival, its Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs reported.
Funding for the assistance comprisedmore than 12.7 billion VND from the central budget and 915.1 billion VND fromthe municipal budget and private sources.
Director of the department Le VanThinh said that HCM City ensured a merry Tet for all, especially low-incomeearners, social policy beneficiaries, and those with disadvantages. They included more than 561,000revolution contributors, people entitled to social protection, poor people, andchildren with disadvantaged backgrounds, along with over 138,000 civil servantsand public employees.
Leaders of the city also visited andpresented Tet gifts to 120 outstanding secretaries of local Party cells, 18 units,specific associations, and clubs of pensioners and war veterans, and 37educational establishments for children with disabilities.
District-level localities spentnearly 40 billion VND sourced from their budgets to present Tet gifts to nearly45,000 revolution contributors, beneficiaries of social protection, poorpeople, less privileged children, and others with disadvantages. More than667,000 gift packages worth over 326.7 billion VND funded by private sourceswere also handed over to people of target groups on this occasion.
Besides, municipal authorities also paidTet visits to social protection facilities, drug detoxification centres,educational institutions for disabled children, and specific associations in some other localities like Lam Dong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Duong, andDong Nai provinces./.
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Over 1.41 million people receive assistance from HCM City during Tet festival this year. (Photo: VNA) 
