Tet gifts presented to policy beneficiaries nationwide
Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and presented 50 Tet gifts to outstanding policy beneficiaries in Tan An ward, Ninh Kieu district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on February 5.
Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presents Tet gifts to policy beneficiaries in Tan An ward (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Politburo member and President of the VietnamFatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man visited and presented 50Tet gifts to outstanding policy beneficiaries in Tan An ward, Ninh Kieudistrict, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on February 5.
On behalf of the Party, State and VFF leaders, Man extended New Year wishes tolocal families.
Congratulating Can Tho city on its achievements in the pastyear, he asked the municipal Party Committee, authorities and VFF at all levels andsocio-political organisations in the locality to carry out more substantialactivities to care for poor households and policy beneficiaries to help themhave a warm, safe and thrifty Tet.
He also stressed the need to raise public awareness ofCOVID-19 prevention and control, given complicated developments of thepandemic.
On the same day, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binhpresented 200 gifts to policy beneficiaries and poor households in Phong Diendistrict of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
He asked the province to continue implementing the NationalTarget Programme on Sustainable Poverty Reduction and responding to themovement “The whole nation joins hands for the poor – Leaving no one behind”,especially during the lunar New Year holiday.
Also on February 5, the labour confederation of Quang Nam province handed over Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s Tet gifts to local workers facing difficult circumstances. The PM presented 200 gift packages, each including 1 million VND and gift worth 150,000 VND to workers in Nui Thanh district and Tam Ky city, Quang Nam.
The labour federation and fisheries trade union of Nui Thanh district also presented 100 Tet gifts to fishermen in difficult circumstance.
On this occasion, Tet presents were also granted to poorfamilies and policy beneficiaries in Ca Mau and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces andCan Tho city./.
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Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presents Tet gifts to policy beneficiaries in Tan An ward (Photo: VNA) 
