Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visits policy beneficiaries in Vinh Long province (Photo: VNA) Vinh Long (VNA) – Vice PresidentDang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and presented 150 gift sets for policybeneficiaries, poor families and Agent Orange/dioxin victims in Nguyen Van Thanhand Tan Thanh communes of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on August 8.
After being briefed on socio-economicconditions by local authorities, the Vice President spoke highly of the recentachievements of the two communes, especially in poverty alleviation, nationaltarget programme on building new-style rural areas and economic structureshifting, which help raised locals’ income.
She voiced her hope that the communes willcontinue to spare no efforts to ensure sustainable socio-economic developmentand effectively implement policies for those who rendered services to thenation, as well as reduce poverty and fulfil targets to receive the new-stylerural area recognition.
Thinh also expressed her gratitude topolicy beneficiaries who made contributions to the country’s revolutionarycause.
Vinh Long province is home to more than64,000 revolutionary contributors, including over 16,400 martyrs, 4,500 war invalids,50 people with the “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” title, along with about2,850 Heroic Mothers.
There were around 10,355 poor households inthe province, accounting for 3.71 percent of the local population. In the firstsix months of this year, the province raised over 106.7 billion VND (4.57million USD) from social sources to support needy families and implement socialwelfare programmes.
On the occasion, the Vice President visitedstudents of the Ho Chi Minh City Banking University who are joining a summervoluntary campaign in Tan Thanh commune.-VNA
