August 01, 2019 | 19:55 (GMT+7)
Military Region 5’s troops conduct mass mobilization activities
PANO – More than 6,500 troops and militiamen from units and localities under Military Region (MR) 5 went on field trips and conducted mass mobilization activities in needy, remote and ethnic minority localities in the region, announced the Mass Mobilization Office of the MR’s Political Department on July 31.
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Troops and militiamen dredging irrigation canals |
The participating troops and militiamen helped localities build 15.3km of concrete rural road, cleaned up roads, dredged irrigation canals, repaired 158 houses, constructed 84 houses in a resettlement area, helped local people harvest crops, planted trees and cultivated crops. In addition, troops presented hundreds of breeding cattle and poultry and thousands of avocado, coffee and grapefruit trees to locals, contributing to local hunger elimination and poverty reduction.
MR5’s armed forces also spent billion dongs on providing free health check-ups and medicines, and presented necessities and rice to needy locals, policy beneficiaries and national contributors. They gave school supplies and uniforms to needy students with good academic outcomes.
Translated by Song Anh