Hanoi earmarks VND100 billion for policy beneficiaries
The Hanoi People’s Committee has earmarked nearly VND100 billion (US$4.34 million) to present over 123,000 gifts to policy beneficiaries on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of Day of Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).
Accordingly, heroic Vietnamese mothers, wounded and sick soldiers, and relatives of martyrs will receive VND1 million each while those worshipping martyrs will obtain VND500,000 each.
The municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs together with authorities of districts and towns also visited and handed over gifts to 42 nursing centres for ex-revolutionaries and management boards of martyrs’ cemeteries, each VND6-VND11 million.
Seventy-two outstanding individuals who are relatives of martyrs, wounded and sick soldiers or ex-revolutionaries infected with Agent Orange/dioxin and living in difficulty received gifts worth VND2.5 million each.
On the occasion, Hanoi raised over VND27.3 billion for the gratitude fund, or 123% of the plan, granted 4,366 saving books valued at more than VND5.3 billion, repaired 74 works dedicated to martyrs at a total cost of over VND45.6 billion, equivalent to 157% of the plan.
Districts and towns sent around 374,000 gifts of the State President, the city and their own worth more than VND164.3 billion to policy beneficiaries.
The city also built and repaired houses for 284 households that rendered service to the nation, at a total cost of over VND11 billion, or 125% of the plan.
