The recipients come from Chi Vien, Dam Thuy and Phong Nam communes in Trung Khanh district.
Theprogramme “Breeding cows help the poor in border areas”, initiated bythe military-run telecom group Viettel, is to help border provincesacross the country with poverty reduction.
Also at the ceremony,Viettel donated 20,000 tonnes of cement to northern border localities,2,000 of which went to Cao Bang, as part of efforts to assist them inhousing renovation and animal husbandry.
The President also paida call on priest Tran Duc Hanh and Catholics in Thanh Son diocese onthe occasion of the coming Christmas.
He extended a merry Christmas and best wishes for a new year to them.-VNA