The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed giftstotalling 434.5 billion VND (19.9 million USD) be presented tocontributors to the nation’s revolution on the occasion of the upcomingLunar New Year (Tet) festival.
The proposal will be submitted to State President Truong Tan Sang for approval.
The beneficiaries are those who joined the revolution before 1945,heroic mothers, heroes of the people’s armed forces, seriously woundedex-servicemen, war veterans exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin, warinvalids, and relatives of martyrs, among others.
The programme’s funding is sourced from the State budget plan for 2015.-VNA