July 21, 2017 | 20:58 (GMT+7)
GDP presents gifts to national contributors in Phu Tho province
PANO – Senior Lieutenant General Luong Cuong, Director of the General Department of Politics (GDP) of the Vietnam People’s Army, visited the Convalescent Center for National Contributors in Phu Tho province on July 20.
The center is taking care of 31 seriously-wounded and sick soldiers and provides treatment for about 2,500 to 3,400 national contributors in the area annually.
Senior Lieutenant General Luong Cuong presents gift to a wounded soldier at the center.
On behalf of the Central Military Commission, Gen. Cuong expressed deep gratitude to the wounded and sick soldiers at the center for their great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the nation. He also highly valued the contributions of the center's staff in taking care of the wounded and sick soldiers, accomplishing assigned missions and efficiently implementing gratitude movements of Phu Tho province in particular and of the country in general.
Over the past years, the GDP has conducted various gratitude activities, such as building gratitude and comradeship houses, taking care of Vietnamese heroic mothers and national contributors, presenting ambulances and medical equipment to convalescent centers, and repatriating martyrs’ remains.
Gen. Cuong asked that the center’s staff to continue promoting the unit’s tradition in better caring for wounded and sick soldiers. He hoped that all the wounded and sick soldiers at the center would uphold the tradition of Uncle Ho's soldiers, keep themselves fit and overcome hardships.
On the occasion, the general presented gifts to the center and wounded and sick soldiers at the center.
Translated by Lam Anh