The Committee of the Fatherland Front of southern Dong Nai province has prepared more than 1,600 gift packages, each worth 400,000 VND (19 USD), to be given to local poor and ethnic minority households on the occasion of the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival.

The gifts will be presented to the beneficiaries from January 28 in an effort to help them enjoy a warm Tet holiday, according to the committee’s Chairman Vy Van Vu.

In the same action, the provincial chapter of the Vietnam Association of the Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin and philanthropists are also going to present nearly 1,000 gifts, each worth 500,000 VND, to AO victims in the locality.-VNA