Overview of the closing session (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The sixth National Congress of the VietnamWar Veterans’ Association (VWVA) wrapped up on December 15 with theintroduction of a 98-member Central Committee for the 2017-2022 period led bySen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Duoc.
During three working days, veterans passed a report summarizing the association’soperation over the past five years and detailing its targets and tasks for the 2017-2020period, a report on revision of its charter, and a resolution of the congress.
In the next five years, the association is set to fulfil eight majortargets, including the reduction of 1-1.5 percent of poor households of warveterans, repairing all degraded houses of its members, and giving health careconsultations and vocational training to all veterans still at working age.
Addressing the closing ceremony, Sen. Lieut. Gen. Duoc said that thecongress was a success, with the set agenda completed.
He asked the association’s chapters at all levels to promptly popularizeimportant documents agreed during the congress to their members, whiledrastically building action plans to implement the congress’s resolution.
Participants at the congress also heard a greeting letter from the UkraineWar Veterans’ Association.
On the occasion, 42 members of the VWVA Central Committee in the2012-2017 tenure were awarded with the certificates of merit from theassociation’s Chairman in recognition of their outstanding performance inbuilding and developing the association.-VNA
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