Phu Tho (VNA) – The Department of State Reserves incharge of Vinh Phuc and Phu Tho provinces has allocated over267 tonnes of rice to nearly 4,500 disadvantaged students in Phu Tho province.
According to Decree 116/2016/ND-CP of the Government onsupporting students in specially disadvantaged communes, each eligible student is supported with 15kg of rice each month in no more than nine months per year. They also receive support for food and housing.
The rice support policy has been implemented promptly andeffectively for many years, helping disadvantaged students to attend schoolregularly and thus creating positive changes in improving the quality of localeducation./.