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Major General Doan Quang Hoa speaks at the event. |
Reportedly, the association was established in 2009 and has 375 members at present. Head of the association Nguyen Trong Thanh underlined that all members of the association are role models, always maintaining faith in the leadership of the Party, State, and local authorities; are the support and trust for the people; and are the force to develop economy.
At the event, Major General Doan Quang Hoa handed over gifts of the Defense Ministry to delegates from the association and briefed them on the military’s activities over the past time, especially the implementation of policies for troops and their families and gratitude work.
Over the past time, the military has cooperated with functional agencies and local authorities to deal with policies for troops, who participated in the revolution and carried out international service.
Within recent 10 years, the military has mobilized nearly VND 550 billion, built over 7,000 gratitude houses, supported more than 2,800 heroic Vietnamese mothers, and provided financial assistance to 702 children of martyrs and wounded soldiers.
Since 2012, military search teams have collected around 20,000 sets of martyrs’ remains, including over 10,000 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer troops and advisors abroad.
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Nghe An province’s war veterans receiving gifts |
“These practical activities have contributed to raising the material and spiritual life of policy beneficiaries and national contributors and educating people, especially youngsters, of the gratitude tradition of the Vietnamese people,” concluded Major General Doan Quang Hoa.
Translated by Minh Anh