As many as 144 cows were given to poor ethnic minority households in thenorthern mountainous province of Ha Giang on December 18-20.
The gifts were presented under the programme “Breedingcows for the poor in border areas”, initiated by the State Presidentand carried out by the Border Guard High Command in coordination withthe Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Vietnam Red Cross, the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development, the State Bank of Vietnam, theVietnam Bank for Social Policies, the Military Telecom Group Viettel andthe People’s Committees of 11 northern border provinces.
Viettel has so far handed over 629 cows, worth 15 million VND (715USD) each to poor households in 34 border communes in Ha Giangprovince.-VNA