PANO – The Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper, in association with the Vietnam Television and the VTT Media Cooperation, held an annual artistic program, themed “Red Flower”, on July 23rd in Hanoi, to celebrate the 69th National War Invalids’ and Martyrs’ Day (July 27th).

Present at the event were Deputy Heads of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularization and Education Lam Phuong Thanh and Bui The Duc, Major General Le Hien Van, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army; and representatives of ministries, agencies and national contributors and relatives of martyrs.

A artistic performance at the program
The organizers presented saving books and gifts to war invalids and sick soldiers at the Convalescent Center for Wounded Soldiers in Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province

The program aims to pay gratitude to policy families, war invalids, sick soldiers, martyrs’ families and national contributors.

Held for the first time in 2008, the 8 previous programs have received some VND 40 billion of donation  from social organizations, businesses and individuals nationwide for needy national contributors, policy beneficiaries and Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, helping them overcome their difficulties and adversities in life.

With the donation, the organizers have presented 10,000 saving books, nearly 500 gratitude houses, and 560 breeding cattle to needy national contributors, as well as offered 3,500 scholarships to disadvantaged students with good academic records.

On the occasion, the organizers also presented saving books and gifts to war invalids and sick soldiers at the Convalescent Center for Wounded Soldiers in Duy Tien district, Ha Nam province.

Translated by Thuy Duong