June 22, 2017 | 21:54 (GMT+7)
Defense ministry gathers national contributors from Bac Lieu
PANO – Leaders of the Department of Policy of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s Army received a delegation of national contributors from the Southern province of Bac Lieu on June 21 in Hanoi.
The province is home to over 65,000 national contributors, including more than 12,000 war martyrs and 6,500 wounded and sick soldiers. The provincial authorities have taken regular good care of national contributors over the past years.
Representatives of the Department of Policy handing over gifts to national contributors from Bac Lieu province
At the event, leaders of the Department of Policy expressed gratitude of the whole-army’s troops towards the local authorities and people for their great supports during the two national resistance wars as well as the army building and development. Since 2011, the whole army has built over 7,000 gratitude houses, worth nearly VND 450 billion, taken care of 1,776 Vietnamese heroic mothers, and provided jobs for 300 children of wounded soldiers.
Translated by Chung Anh