Chairman of Hanoi’s People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao presented nearly 250 Tet gift packages to poor and policy beneficiary families during his working visit to My Duc district on January 29.

My Duc is Hanoi’s farthest outlying district neighouring Hoa Binh province with 70 percent of its population from the Muong ethnic minority group and 45 percent being Catholic followers.

Hanoi has decided to earmark 230 billion VND for gifts to disadvantaged people on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year festival, Thao revealed at the meeting with locals.
He said the capital has recorded higher economic growth over years, contributed by tireless efforts of sectors and citizens.

According to the chairman, the municipal authorities have paid special attention to building new-style rural areas, with an emphasis on developing infrastructural facilities for education and health care, electricity and road network as well as that serving agriculture production.

So far, over 100 communes in the city have met all the 19 criteria required for new rural areas, while new cultivation-specializing areas were formed, contributing to promoting the locality’s socio-economic growth and improving local people’ living standards, Thao reported.-VNA