
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on January 12 visitedand presented gifts to ethnic minority and needy households in the centralprovince of Quang Tri ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Atotal of 200 gift packages, each worth 1 million VND (43 USD) were granted todisadvantaged households in the two mountainous districts of Huong Hoa andDakrong.
Binhalso handed over 200 million VND to the provincial study encouragement and 50million VND to each of the study encouragement funds of Huong Hoa, Dakrong,Trieu Phong and Hai Lang districts.
Thesame day, the Deputy PM also visited and presented gifts to a unit of theprovincial border guards.

OnJanuary 11 and 12, Politburo member and Chairwoman of the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai visited and handedover gifts to poor students and people, and social policy beneficiaries in theCentral Highlands province of Lam Dong.
Mai,who is Secretary of the Party Central Committee, presented gift packages to 110people in the provincial social support centre and 120 children and 45 staffmembers in the Da Lat SOS Village.
TheParty official also gave gifts to hundreds of martyrs’ mothers, poorhouseholds, disadvantaged children and Agent Orange/dioxin victims in Cat Tien,Da The and Da Huoai districts./.