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President of
the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man delivering a speech at the conference
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The two-day event launched an action
program of the VFF in promoting efforts in combating corruption and wastefulness
for 2018-2020, which aims to promote the supervising role of the people in the
work.
Participants agreed that this is a
practical duty, contributing to building the pure and strong Party and
administration.
They stressed the need to enhance coordination
among the VFF’s member organizations, and between the front and the Party and
State agencies in the work.
The conference also approved the VFF
Central Committee’s action coordination program for 2018, which focuses on
improving dissemination work and mobilization of people to strengthen the great
national unity bloc; effective implementing patriotic emulation movements;
promoting democracy and representing and protecting legitimate rights of the
people; carrying out the supervising role and taking part in Party and
administration building; expanding people-to-people diplomacy activities.
In his closing speech, President of
the VFF Central Committee Tran Thanh Man highlighted remarkable achievements in
2017, contributing to the successful implementation of the country’s political
tasks.
He asked VFF member organizations
and chapters at all levels to swiftly implement the action coordination program,
towards creating breakthroughs in the work.
In 2017, the VFF held 7,271 meetings
with the ethnic groups with 346,677 taking part, 9,186 visits and meetings with
religious followers with the attendance of 586,066 people and 1,186 gatherings
to honor 26,990 outstanding and prestigious people at the grassroots level.
The “For the Poor” fund raised a
total of VND 919.483 billion (USD 40.86 million) while individuals and
businesses donated over VND 3 trillion to social welfare programs in
localities. Up to 32,414 houses of gratitude were built and repaired, support
was given to 155,423 poor households and health check-ups and treatment were
offered to more than 2.7 million poor residents.
The VFF also launched 850
provincial-level inspections, 4,469 others at district level and 45,584 at
communal level. It also sent staff to 22,450 inspections held by its chapters
and State agencies in localities.
Source: VNA